U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford says it is clear Assad’s regime has no capacity for reform - The Washington Post

Latest developments in Arab political unrest stretching from North Africa to the Persian Gulf - The Washington Post

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The U.S. Embassy in Syria says President Bashar Assad is not fooling anyone by blaming terrorists and thugs for the unrest in his country, as security forces try to crush the uprising by unleashing a brutal crackdown that has killed more than 2,200 people in nearly six months. In comments posted on the embassy’s Facebook page, U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford says it is clear Assad’s regime has no capacity for reform. Ford’s comments come the same day that U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon levels some of his strongest criticism yet at the Syrian regime, saying Assad must take “bold and decisive measures before it’s too late.”