The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador as the death toll from violence in Homs continued to mount. The fresh pressure on Bashar Assad to go came days after the collapse of a UN effort to end the crisis. (Feb. 6)
Associated Press | February 6, 2012
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