US Senators Call for Arming Syrian Opposition
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Again, US senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman have called for arming the Syrian opposition.
"It is time to act. It is time to give the Syrian opposition the weapons in order to defend themselves," McCain said, while Lieberman stated that the situation in Syria "will not get better until the rest of the world at least gives the arms" to the Syrian rebels.
In a press conference in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the two US senators made the remarks blaming the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the deadly clashes between Syrian forces and armed groups in the western town of al-Houla on May 25.
According to Head of the UN observer mission in Syria Major General Robert Mood, UN observers in Houla estimated 108 people were killed, including 49 children and 34 women.
The UN Security Council condemned the violence in Houla during an emergency meeting on May 27, saying the clashes "involved a series of government artillery and tank shelling on a residential neighborhood."
However, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari censured the "tsunami of lies" by some members of the Security Council and said the Syrian forces were not to blame for the violence.
The comments by McCain and Lieberman come on the same day when the so-called Free Syrian Army said the Damascus government had a "deadline by Friday midday" to end the turmoil.
Source: Press TV, edited by moqawama.org
Again, US senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman have called for arming the Syrian opposition.
"It is time to act. It is time to give the Syrian opposition the weapons in order to defend themselves," McCain said, while Lieberman stated that the situation in Syria "will not get better until the rest of the world at least gives the arms" to the Syrian rebels.
In a press conference in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the two US senators made the remarks blaming the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the deadly clashes between Syrian forces and armed groups in the western town of al-Houla on May 25.According to Head of the UN observer mission in Syria Major General Robert Mood, UN observers in Houla estimated 108 people were killed, including 49 children and 34 women.
The UN Security Council condemned the violence in Houla during an emergency meeting on May 27, saying the clashes "involved a series of government artillery and tank shelling on a residential neighborhood."
However, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja'afari censured the "tsunami of lies" by some members of the Security Council and said the Syrian forces were not to blame for the violence.
The comments by McCain and Lieberman come on the same day when the so-called Free Syrian Army said the Damascus government had a "deadline by Friday midday" to end the turmoil.
Source: Press TV, edited by moqawama.org
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