Syria: Constitution won huge support; rebels reject results
Amid reports of fresh atrocities in the besieged city of Homs, the Syrian government said Monday that an overwhelming majority of voters - 89 percent - had approved a new constitution that is billed as President Bashar Assad's most serious concession yet in the nearly year-old uprising against his rule. - Opposition activists, backed by the Free Syrian Army guerrilla movement, rejected the results and vowed to continue their fight to end the Assad dynasty's four-decade hold on the country. They renewed their calls for foreign assistance such as weapons and "safe zones" along the borders, saying that the bloodshed of the past year renders moot any more regime promises of reform. The results, however, bolstered Assad's support from China and Russia, the two nations that had vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution earlier this month that called for new sanctions on Assad.
Stephen Lendman: Syrians Overwhelmingly Approve New Constitution