Wednesday, August 10, 2011

U.S. could call for Al-Assad for violence in Syria

The international cries for Syria's government to end a bloody crackdown on civilians could intensify Wednesday as activist groups reported fresh onslaughts in several cities.

The United Nations Security Council is expected today to follow up on a statement last week that condemned the Syrian regime for attacks on peaceful protesters and called for both sides to end the violence.

U.S. government sources told, The United States is moving toward issuing an explicit call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

The move is expected to be announced in coming days after U.S. officials consult with the United Nations Security Council, they said the question of whether to call for al-Assad to step down has been under discussion over the past few weeks.

While international leaders mull their next steps, heavy gunfire, explosions and tanks permeated the eastern city of Deir Ezzor on today.

The observatory said in morning, "There are also large scale arrests in those areas as mobile service and landline communications have been completely cut out in the areas since the start of the military operation."

The conflict in Syria was fueled five months ago when Syrian forces swiftly suppressed protests in the southern city of Daraa.

On Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and al-Assad engaged in more than six hours of talks in Damascus.

Davutoglu told, "Our primary target is the bloodshed to stop,". "We shared what needs to be done for the bloodshed to stop, for the civilian losses to end and for the political reform process, in line with the people's demands, to take place."

Al-Assad told Davutoglu that his country won't relent in chasing down the "armed terrorist groups" it blames for the violence that has engulfed the nation.

Al-Assad briefed Davutoglu on the killing and terrorizing in some Syrian cities by the purported groups. At the same time, he indicated that Syria is committed to reform and is open to help from other countries.

Russia called on the Syrian government Tuesday "to stop the violence and to introduce deep political changes," the Russian Foreign Ministry.

A Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has condemned violence in Syria in a rare rebuke directed at a fellow Arab leader, who leads a majority Sunni Muslim nation with a government dominated by minority Alawites, whose faith is a spinoff of Shiite Islam. Abdullah demanded an end "to the killing machine and the bloodshed."

"A mere diplomatic appeal to the Syrian authorities to end the ongoing violence against civilians will fall far short of what the situation demands."

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