The violence by Syrian security forces against pro-democracy protesters has triggered the unprecedented resignation of 200 members of the ruling Ba'ath Party. Most of those quitting come from the city at the centre of the unrest, Deraa. President Bashar al-Assad is leader of the party, which has ruled Syria under him and his father before him, since taking power in a 1963 coup. ... http://www.euronews.net/
