Assad paid Syrian protesters $1,000 each

Sorry it took me so long to get back online. I landed about six hours ago, and have been busy ever since with unpacking and things like that.Syrian opposition groups say that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad paid 'protesters' $1,000 each to 'protest' at Israel's borders. To put that in perspective, the average Syrian earned $242 per month in 2009. So Assad was offering more than four months'