ASSAD BLINKS

• Thousands of Syrians chanted "freedom, revolution" in the centre of the city of Daraa on Thursday despite a pledge by President Bashar al-Assad to consider reforms to Syria's authoritarian political system.

• Syrian president offers reforms as death toll over 100:

The Syria government said on Thursday it may abolish an emergency law in place since 1963 following a week of deadly protests in the southern city of Daraa. Unofficial reports say some 100 people were killed in the riots.

"I am happy to announce to you the decisions made today by the Arab Baath party under the auspices of President Bashar al-Assad... which include... studying the possibility of lifting the emergency law and licensing political parties," the president's media adviser Buthaina Shaaban told a news conference.

Additionally, Al-Assad issued a decree on Thursday raising state employees' wages by 20 to 30 percent, state news agency SANA reported.

IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY OVERTHREW ASSAD AND INSTALLED A GOVERNMENT ORIENTED AWAY FROM IRAN AND THE SHIAS.

STAY TUNED...

UPDATE: SHOCKING VIDEO OF ASSAD'S THUG'S FIRING AT UNARMED SYRIANS.