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US Closes Embassy in Damascus Amid Growing Violence in Syria
www.wnyc.org
[WNYC (blog)] - All embassy staff, including US Ambassador Robert Ford, have left the country. In a statement posted on the US State Department web site, spokeswoman Victoria Nuland explained the events that led to Monday's decision. “The recent surge in violence
Guardian: Syrian embassy in US responds to US diplomatic withdrawal from ...
[The Guardian] - The Syrian embassy in Washington DC has responded to the withdrawal of the ambassador Robert Ford and the 17 staff from the US embassy in Damascus. The decision to withdraw was made as increasingly ferocious attacks by the Syrian security forces
US closes embassy in Damascus due to Syria violence
www.ynetnews.com
[Ynetnews] over its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests. The State Department said in a statement that the embassy had suspended operations and that US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, and all embassy personnel had departed the country. (Reuters)
Obama Needs to Do More Than Pay Lip Service to Regime Change in Syria
www.thedailybeast.com
[Daily Beast] - Recent months have seen some early administration efforts to organize Syria's disparate opposition elements into something resembling a coherent front—an initiative spearheaded by the Obama administration's enterprising envoy to Damascus, Robert Ford
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