TFS, One Shot. Read that this morning in the newspapers at my end.

Also, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/06/syria-prime-minister-confirm...

"... Syria's prime minister is not a position of enormous importance: ministers are appointed by the president and are expected to do his bidding. Real power remains with Assad and the coterie of security chiefs and relatives who surround him..."

- A significant defection which makes a clear stand.