In Early 2011, Antigovernment Protests Calling for Basic Political Reforms

In early 2011, antigovernment protests calling for basic political reforms broke out in Syria's southern region. How did the Assad government respond?

A) Initially, with both moderate concessions and force. By the end of 2011, force won out as the defining government reaction.
B) The government made reforms, but the military acted without permission and attacked Syrian citizens.
C) Syria held nothing back and attacked its unarmed citizens to show they would not tolerate differences of opinion.
D) The protests went completely ignored in the media and the government has refused to listen to the people.