Mutiny in the Syrian army?

With increasing military defections, the Syrian regime's violent crackdown may have backfired, analyst says.
Something is surely happening in Deraa city, something that, in common parlance, is often referred to as a "massacre".

To be specific: a massacre of unarmed civilians by security forces and soldiers working for the Assads: Syria’s ruling crime family.

The inhabitants of Deraa have told horrifying stories of streets strewn with the bodies of the dead that residents are unable to retrieve for fear of meeting the same fate.

They also spoke of living in complete darkness and destitution as basic services, including water and electricity, having been cut off by the invading Assad armies, who continue to lay siege to the city preventing the arrival of much needed food and medical supplies.
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