FILE - Rifaat Assad, an exiled uncle of Syrian president Bashar Assad answers questions from the Associated Press, in Paris, France, Tuesday Nov.15, 2011. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

FILE - This image from amateur video made available by Ugarit News Group purports to shows Syrian protesters running from gunfire in Hama, Syria, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN, File)

FILE - In this image made from amateur video accessed Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011 and released by Ugarit, purports to show protesters reacting to a water cannon in Hama, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via APTN, File)

FILE - In this image from amateur video made available by the Ugarit News group and shot on Friday, Dec. 30, 2011, protesters gather at an anti-Syrian president Bashar Assad rally in Hama, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News Group via APTN, File)