Monday, August 1, 2011

Syria Live Blog | Al Jazeera Blogs

Syria Live Blog | Al Jazeera Blogs: "Bashar al-Assad faces mounting global condemnation of his regime's unrelenting violence against protesters. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton called for a bold UN stance to stop the crackdown in Syria, as the 27-nation bloc tightened the screws on Damascus by beefing up sanctions.

It is time for the Security Council to take a clear stand on the need to end the violence.

Tags Bashar al-Assad, Syria protests, violence
57 min 18 sec ago - Syria
The UN Security Council has scheduled closed-door consultations for later today to discuss the worsening violence in Syria, diplomats said. Germany requested the meeting after human rights groups said government troops had killed scores of people on Sunday when they stormed the city of Hama."

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