Anti-regime protesters chants slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration on March 9, 2012, after Friday prayer in Beirut. (Associated Press)
Protesters stand March 6, 2012, on a crossed picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally against his regime in front of the Syrian embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. (Associated Press)
Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, held a rare televised news conference Sunday after a meeting with counterparts in the Persian Gulf region. He took a direct jab at the regime of Bashar Assad by saying there are Syrians "who do not represent the majority of people [and] who work with Iran." (Associated Press)
Protesters hold banners that read "Freedom Syria" and "Stop the: lies, stealing, murder" during a March 6, 2012, rally against Syrian President Bashar Assad regime in front of the Syrian embassy in Belgrade, Serbia. (Associated Press)
Residents stand by their house, which was destroyed in clashes between the Free Syrian Army and President Bashar Assad's forces, in Sarmin, Syria, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Syrian villagers in Sarmin on Tuesday carry the body of Ghassan Ali, who was killed during clashes between the Free Syrian Army and government forces. An uprising to oust authoritarian President Bashar Assad began nearly a year ago. (Associated Press)
People burn portraits of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad during a Feb. 26, 2012, demonstration against his regime in the outskirts from Idlib in northern Syria. (Associated Press)
People chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime during a demonstration Feb. 24., 2012, in Kafar Taharim, northern Syria. (Associated Press)
Syrian student protesters chant slogans during a Feb. 22, 2012, demonstration against Syrian President Bashar Assad at the Aleppo University's Square, in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)
