Obama says Syrian president must go
China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-19 07:59
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Security forces and onlookers on Thursday look at the wreckage of an alleged car bomb explosion in the coastal city of Lattakia, which has been in recent days the scene of a deadly army crackdown against anti-government protests. Syria Arab News Agency via Agence France-Presse |
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Thursday for the first time called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down after a crackdown by Syrian forces on demonstrations against the Assad family's 41-year reign.
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