Mr. President Bashar-al-Assad has announced general impunity, including for army defectors for all crimes committed since March 2011. the announcement comes after agreement with Arab League in November last year to pull back security forces out of streets and end to crackdown of peaceful protestors which has already left five thousand people dead according to the United Nations.

But the agreement remained pending for weeks and finally he allowed the League's monitors to evaluate whether Damascus has remained committed to her promises and realized the articles of agreement or not.

Seemingly, the articles of the agreement have not been realized entirely. Still foreign reporters are not allowed to enter the country; during presence of Arab surveyors, there were reports about atrocity and continued crackdown by security forces and etc.

Meanwhile, except Qatar demanding for military intervention to stop violence, Arab countries are looking forward to resolve the issue peacefully through ratcheting pressure up.

However, it is clear that the pressure is an appreciating mean but with least success. The civil uprising started ten months ago and during last ten months around five thousand people have lost lives and many others have been injured; including women and children. Yet no back-breaking measure has been held.

Some countries are even disappointed of possible regime and try to keep an option open ahead in case the government survives the ongoing crises. The anger of Turkey ostensibly has subsided as the unilateral sanction hurt the country far larger than Syria.

Syria works as conduit for Turkey in its trade relation with Arab countries so sealing the border with Damascus indeed means closing its own way to fruitful Arab market, the decision that Ankara took, but there are reports about tumultuous situation at the border by citizens whose subsistence is based on border flows.

The international community too has differences and yet a tough resolution has not been passed through the United Nations' Security Council. The military intervention is far from likely.

Thus, aware of all this confusion, Mr. Assad announces general impunity to nudge protestors to join government and not be worried about regime's persecution. His announcement clearly aims to break the back of oppositions and take the situation under the control. But it is early to say about the effectiveness of the measure as protestors are inflexible and frequently asked for military intervention.