TOKYO, Sha'ban 18, 1433, Jul 8, 2012, SPA - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says time's running out on Syrian peace hopes and warns that the Syrian state could collapse. Speaking in Japan, Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the Joint U.N.-Arab League Envoy For Syria Kofi Annan's acknowledgement that his peace plan is failing "should be a wake-up call for everyone." She says last month was the deadliest for the Syrian people in the 16-month revolt against President Bashar Assad. Hillary Clinton adds that the opposition "is getting more effective in defense of themselves and going on the offensive against the Syrian military." Hillary Clinton says Assad's regime must acknowledge that its days are numbered, according to a report of the Associated Press. --SPA 11:10 LOCAL TIME 08:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1013919