US
and Russia dominated a high-level meeting of the UN Secutiy Council on
Syria as the two sides differed sharply over who is to blame for the
violence in that country, and what should be
the international community's approach in dealing with Bashar Al Assad's regime.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the 15-nation Council that while America believes firmly in the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations, that this council should not stand silent when governments massacre their own people, threatening regional peace and security in the process.
Clinton said it is critical that the Assad government end the violence against its own people, adding that it is not right to expect that the defenceless citizens of Syria should not defend themselves in the face of artillery assaults unless there is a commitment by the Assad regime to stop the violence. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov however said while Russia agrees that Syrian authorities bear a huge share of responsibility, opposition fighters and extremists including al-Qaeda are also responsible for the violence in Syria.
On the ground scores of civilians have been killed in the restive city of Homs in Syria. Both the Syrian Government and opposition traded charges for the massacre . The video footage shown by the activists in Homs and Syrian TV showed gory pictures of corpses on streets and those wrapped in white shrouds. Opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said 45 women and children were killed in the Homs district of Karm al-Zeitoun.
the international community's approach in dealing with Bashar Al Assad's regime.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the 15-nation Council that while America believes firmly in the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations, that this council should not stand silent when governments massacre their own people, threatening regional peace and security in the process.
Clinton said it is critical that the Assad government end the violence against its own people, adding that it is not right to expect that the defenceless citizens of Syria should not defend themselves in the face of artillery assaults unless there is a commitment by the Assad regime to stop the violence. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov however said while Russia agrees that Syrian authorities bear a huge share of responsibility, opposition fighters and extremists including al-Qaeda are also responsible for the violence in Syria.
On the ground scores of civilians have been killed in the restive city of Homs in Syria. Both the Syrian Government and opposition traded charges for the massacre . The video footage shown by the activists in Homs and Syrian TV showed gory pictures of corpses on streets and those wrapped in white shrouds. Opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said 45 women and children were killed in the Homs district of Karm al-Zeitoun.
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