Thursday, 16 May 2013

U.N. condemns Assad forces, but unease grows about rebels

There were 107 votes in favor, 12 against and 59 abstentions - a drop in support compared with a resolution condemning the Syrian government that passed in August with 133 votes in favor, 12 against and 31 abstentions.
 U.N. diplomats cited concerns that Syria could be headed for "regime change" engineered by foreign governments and fears about a strengthening Islamist extremist element among the rebels as reasons for the decline in support for the resolution.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/15/us-syria-crisis-un-vote-idUSBRE94E0Z920130515

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