Syria: Activists tell Damascus residents to prepare for the zero hour
With increased fighting in and around Damascus in recent weeks, Syrian activists have posted a video that calls on residents of the capital to prepare for what they say is a looming collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime.
The YouTube video, called “Zero Hour, Your Final Chance,” promises an imminent battle in Damascus aimed at ousting Assad. It is filled with instructions on what to do to prepare for and survive such a battle.
The video calls for mass civil disobedience, general strikes and an intense psychological campaign to pressure army troops to abandon their posts and join the rebels.
“Dear soldier, many honorable men are still within your ranks. They are waiting for zero hour to defect. Ensure that you will be one of them,” the narrator says to a background of motivational music.