Syria\'s deputy oil minister Abdo Hussameddin announced overnight Wednesday to Thursday his resignation in a video posted by activists on YouTube and said he was joining the revolt. \"I, the engineer Abdo Hussameddin, the deputy oil minister ... announce my defection from the regime and my resignation,\" he said in the video. \"I am joining the revolution of the people who reject injustice and the brutal campaign of the regime, which is seeking to crush the people\'s demand for freedom and dignity,\" he added.