France, U.K. Urge Support for Syrian Opposition
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France and the U.K. are urging increased international support for opponents of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad after reports that government forces killed more than 90 civilians yesterday, many of them children.
The international community must stop the “martyrdom of the Syrian people,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said today in an emailed statement. British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the killings “an appalling crime” and said the U.K. would be calling for an “urgent” meeting of the UN Security Council. The U.S. had no immediate comment.