Syria, to repeal the emergency laws But activists call for general strike

13 days from Syria is in the throes of an unprecedented anti-government protest. To try to stem the protest the Syrian authorities took two important decisions. First, repeal the emergency law in force in the country since 1963: "The decision to abolish the emergency laws has already been taken, but I do not know when it is implemented," said Buthayna Shaaban, an adviser to President Bashar al-Assad.