| 1 | But Assad shows no sign of heeding their calls for him to step down. | |
| 2 | "I think that this (Assad) regime has completely lost the world's trust," he said. | |
| 3 | If both the Qaddafi and Assad families fell, the Arab spring would turn to summer. | |
| 4 | Reports from Syria say government forces have stifled protests against President Assad in the centre of the country. | |
| 5 | There's no sign of such decisiveness over Syria, but the statement is a sign of the growing international pressure on the government of President Assad. |