In March 2011, public demonstrations launched from Deraa and Damascus, which are still ongoing against the regime of al-Assad, quickly moved to all the Syrian cities and urban centers, and had, inter alia, reactions including the lifting of the State of Emergency in force since the takeover by the Baath party of the country five decades ago, and issuing a law of nationalization of the Syrian Kurds, and another law for pardoning political prisoners, and decisions related to the national dialogue, change of government, dismissal of governors and improving the economic situation in the country. It seems that the protests in Syria have not yet reached the critical point that led to the overthrow of the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt in January and February, but it also does not seem that the restorative procedures announced by the Syrian government and the crackdown against the protesters succeeded in stopping the protests or alleviating the crisis. The Syrian official news agency said that those who were killed in clashes and sit-ins were part of an armed gang that attacked a base of the army, while other reports said they were protestors, thugs, bandits and robbers that the security forces fired at. There is no information indicating a quick implementation of what has been announced, including the formation of a high-level Commission to investigate the causes of the problems of Deraa, Hama and Deir ez-Zor and the other Syrian cities to resolve them.