UN Security Council Must Act Against Syria, Say France And Turkey -- The Guardian
Foreign ministers keep up pressure on Assad to end violence, as Damascus agrees in principle to Arab League monitors in Syria
France and Turkey have kept up pressure on Syria to comply with international demands to end violence against protests. But the Damascus regime signalled that it was still ready to accept an Arab League observer mission to monitor a highly volatile situation.
As now routine Friday protests erupted across Syria – with initial reports of seven dead – Alain Juppe, the French foreign minister, said after talks in Turkey that the UN security council must act. The council has so far failed to pass even a resolution condemning Syria, largely because of Russian and Chinese opposition to any outside intervention in what is increasingly being characterised as a "civil war".
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