Short of pressure for Syria

The UN statement came following a series of anti-Syria measures, mainly the tightening of EU sanctions on Syria, a recent meeting between the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the unfledged Syrian opposition, and Italy's recalling of its ambassador to Syria.

However, the international uproar falls on deaf ears in Syria when matters come to direct intervention in its internal affairs. Syria has in the past shrugged off such intimidations.

Imad Fawzi Shueibi, a political analyst, told Xinhua that some international parties are involved in the internal Syrian affairs, adding that those parties want "to focus only on civilians and refuse accusing gunmen and sabotage happening in the country ... No country in the world could ever accept such deformity."

He said Syria has already drawn up two paths walking alongside, a security crackdown against whoever carries weapons, and the political reforms. "There is no democracy with weapon-holders and criminals ... It's a battle that would take a long time."

Although European countries and the United States have been seeking for a legally binding resolution that would strongly condemn Syria, some other countries had been arguing that condemnation would undermine efforts by Assad to make reforms.

Syria also suggests that the pressures have political connotations as they aim to break its intricate ties with Iran and other resistance movements in the region, mainly the Lebanese Hezbollah, which is regarded by the West as a terrorist guerrilla, as well as to make it bow to foreign dictates.

Still, the pressures have fallen short of an outright threat of military intervention in Syria amid speculations that this might plunge the region into new convulsions and send events spiraling out of control.

It's still unclear to how extent Syria will be able to stand up for pressures amid reports that opposition figures have pressed Washington to ramp up pressure on the regime by targeting the country's oil and gas industries, one of the main sectors in the country, a matter which would eventually hit its economy that has already been widely weaken by the crisis.