End game of the Assad regime?

After serious doubts were raised regarding whether or not Syria’s anti-Assad uprising will be successful, it seems the opposition’s hopes have been restored with the recent taking of the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing. Overnight; images of opposition members and soldiers of the Free Syrian Army taking down and stepping on pictures of President Bashar Assad become iconic as viewers compared them with other similar images in their recent history. The world tuned in to the Arab Spring following images of Tunisian street-vendor Mohammad Bouazizi’s self-immolation, this was later followed by victorious Egyptian protesters tearing out posters of Hosni Mubarak, enraged Libyan desecrating the corpse of Muammar Qaddafi and oppressed Iraqis bring down the statue of Saddam Hussein after a more controversial defeat. The most recent images aired by Al Arabiya News Network show Syrian protesters bringing down the pictures of Bashar al-Assad and his father, who had ruled the country with an iron fist for a half century. Although it hasn’t been defeated yet, the strength of the Assad administration and whether it will last came into question after an attack against key figures in the regime was orchestrated by the Free Syrian Army shortly before the Holy month of Ramadan. While the Saddam Hussein administration took the first blow in 2003, the Tunisian regime was the first to be toppled without foreign intervention in January 14 of last year, leaving the whole region astonished. Less than one month later, Egyptian former president was forced to resign but refused to flee the country. Meanwhile, the more dramatic capture and execution of Muammar Qaddafi took place after a grueling and bloody uprising in October 2. On the other hand, the Syrian uprising, which lasted for a year and a half, has exceeded Libya’s cruelty and bloodshed. Amateur footage uploaded on social media platform shows a member from the Free Syrian Army breaking framed portraits of former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad and president Bashar al-Assad. The video may be viewed on: http://youtu.be/14Tle6TUaKI