"Pas un jour ne passe sans que nos sens ne sont pas matraqué par certains nouvelle flambée du terrorisme au Moyen-Orient. En dépit de nos meilleurs efforts à faire et de garder la paix, politique, économique, et les tensions religieuses conduisent souvent à des troubles, violence, et des émeutes. "

-Jim Bakker dans "la prospérité et l'Apocalypse Coming"

Syrian government forces have killed over 100 in the latest massacre related to the civil war situation in the country. The attack in the central Homs province is still sketchy on information as the government has tried to quell reports of the mass killing.

The Observatory for Human Rights reports that sources have confirmed over 100 people killed but only 30 have been positively identified. Activists now say government forces have killed over 17,000 people since the start of the uprising against Syrian President Bashir Assad.

The news came as Assad’s highest ranking official defected to the opposition.

Former Iraqi ambassador Nawaf Fares announced his defection early Thursday to al-Jazeera.

“There is no way [Assad] can be pushed from power without force,” Fares said. “The Syrian people know this.”

A US State Department spokesman called the defection a sign that the regime is starting to feel pressure and is starting to fall apart.