Clinton urges friends of Syria to unite
clip from article: "What happened yesterday at the United Nations was a travesty," she said.
"Faced with a neutered Security Council, we have to redouble our efforts outside of the United Nations with those allies and partners who support the Syrian people's right to have a better future," Clinton told reporters after meeting top Bulgarian officials.
Such a group could be similar - but not identical - to the Contact Group on Libya, which oversaw international help for opponents of the late deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. However, in the case of Libya, the group also co-ordinated NATO military operations to protect Libyan civilians, something that is not envisioned in Syria.
US officials said a friends group would work to further squeeze the Assad regime by enhancing sanctions against it and bring disparate Syrian opposition groups inside and outside the country together. [ read more at link]
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