NEW : President Bashar al-Assad has passed the `` point of no return , '' says an Syrian minister . only 40 people are killed during clashes in Damascus , a rights groups says . The violence coincides with an al-Assad deadline . CNN can not independently confirm accounts from the ground in Syria because the government has not provided access to Western media . International pressure has been mounting against Arab League .
NEW : President Bashar al-Assad has passed the `` point of no return , '' says an Syrian minister . only 40 people are killed during clashes in Damascus , a rights groups says . The violence coincides with an al-Assad deadline . International pressure has been mounting against Arab League .