partly because king abdallah feels a responsibility to fellow sunni muslims who are leading the uprising in syria and taking on heavy casualties. but partly because there is fear that any unrest against autocrats, wherever it breaks out, could inspire their own people to rise up against them. this is still a significant moment. and now the arab league, representing 22 states, has moved against one of its own members, syria, and expressed serious worries. and the response to all this from syria's president, seen visiting wounded soldiers in recent days, he has enacted a defense minister. >> he is isolated internally within his country and if he also becomes isolated regionally, this will tip the balance drastically against him, and against his regime. it will force him to either speed up reforms, or to leave power altogether. he cannot continue the way he is. >> but so far, president assad has simply tough things out. international rights organizations say they have killed more than 1600 civilians and at least 12,000 people have been arrested since protests broke out in march. the protest

i assume king abdallah, bahrain, don't want regime change. what do they want?ing abdallah, you have to remember his title is custodian of the two holly mosquely moch mosques. this is becoming a religious question. they've banned people from friday prars and i think for king abdallah, being the senior states man in the region, being the eldest, a man in his late eigh 80s, he said my conscience can no longer bear this and finally silence has been broken and other people follow the leadership of the saudi monarch. >> silence has been broken. the monarch finally speaks out. not the most credible regime when it comes to the treatment of your own people and openness to speak publicly, but yet it is custodian of two holy masks. wi mosques. mr. will it make a difference? >> probably not short term. but this is a striking development because saudis are normally very discreet. king an kul dual la is the only son of one of the founders of saudi arabia. when there was tension with sear yarks they would use him to go in and try to mediate. so this plays out on a lot of diff

having them can -- condemned the violence and having king abdallah direct to the syrian people and talk to them directly, this is had a great impact on the people on the ground. with all of the important role of saudi in the region, they have been leading the community in libya from behind but right now it is silent on syria. this is why the speech may get some more arab countries to stop the violence and syria. basically along with the international community, with some security council, this is non-binding and has no influence. we're hoping for resolution by the security council which condemns the violence against the protesters but also puts sanctions on security officers in a criminal court. this international effort should be coordinated. the turkish have been seen as much more acceptable. turkey after the visit yesterday london to do some action. they said this is a time for action. this is a time of war. the turkish minister visited damascus -- damascus 60 times. this is why he keeps hearing the same promises but nothing on the ground. yesterday he tried to reach in this three ho