BBC News - Violence in Syria swells as Biden urges Assad to go

BBC News - Violence in Syria swells as Biden urges Assad to go

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'Systematic violations'

Earlier this week, in what the UK ambassador said was the toughest resolution ever passed, the council strongly condemned the "gross and systematic" violations by Syrian forces.

The resolution demands the suspension of security forces suspected of violations and the release of prisoners of conscience.
A soldier takes aim in the city of Homs (image supplied to AP by Ugarit news agency, 2 Dec 2011) A soldier takes aim in the city of Homs in an image supplied by Ugarit news agency

The Council also said it was appointing a special investigator to report to the UN Secretary General on the crackdown.

Until recently, most of the bloodshed in Syria was caused by security forces firing on mainly peaceful protesters, but there have been growing reports of army defectors and armed civilians fighting government forces.

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It also said that special forces had caught dozens of wanted men in the area of Tel Kalakh who had been smuggling weapons, drugs and armed men from Lebanon into Syria.

November has been the deadliest month for the uprising which began in March, with at least 950 people killed in gunbattles, raids and other violence, according to activist groups.




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