Joshua Landis sees the latest indications that Syria "is slipping toward civil war":

The announcement today that 120 Syrian officers have been killed in Jisr al-Shughour indicates how dire the contest between the opposition and government forces has become. This weekend over 100 Syrians were killed by government troops. None of the reporters I spoke to today believe Syrian reports of a massacre. The LA Times puts the word in quotation marks. Other reporters stated to me that the government has offered neither proof nor pictures of killings in Jisr al-Shaghour. Opposition leaders argue that the claim is being manufactured by the government in order to justify escalating security measures.

The chilling propaganda from Syrian state TV:

The state will act firmly, with force and in line with the law. It will not stay arms folded in the face of armed attacks on the security of the homeland ... The armed groups are using weapons and grenades ... the people in Jisr al-Shughur are urging the army to intervene speedily.

The weekend massacres produced some horrifying details: