A general amnesty, from protesting to armed rebellion: and if you’re not convinced that the Assad regime means it, well, you’re not alone in that cynical, yet probably accurate take on the subject. As the BBC put it: “This is not the first time President Assad has offered an amnesty to his opponents, and it is unlikely to have any more impact than the ones he proposed last year…”
Meanwhile… meanwhile, it feels like everybody’s having a lull and catching their breaths at the same moment, honestly. I think that we’ve got another couple of weeks or maybe a month before things suddenly get a lot worse in Syria, but what do I know?