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U.S. AMBASSADOR LEAVES SYRIA, DIPLOMATS SAY
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 24, 2011 - 15:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States has pulled its ambassador out of
Syria over security concerns after his cultivation of contacts with
protesters led to attacks on his embassy and residence by backers of
President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said on Monday, October 24.
Robert Ford left Syria over the weekend, following a series of
incidents that resulted in physical damage but no casualties.
"Articles, more inciting against Ford than usual, have appeared in
state media recently. He left on Saturday," said one of the diplomats,
who like others asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of
the issue.
U.S. embassy officials were not immediately available for comment,
Reuters reported.
Ford, a veteran diplomat, infuriated Syria's rulers by getting in
touch with a seven-month-old grassroots protest movement demanding
an end to 41 years of Assad family rule.
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 24, 2011 - 15:51 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The United States has pulled its ambassador out of
Syria over security concerns after his cultivation of contacts with
protesters led to attacks on his embassy and residence by backers of
President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said on Monday, October 24.
Robert Ford left Syria over the weekend, following a series of
incidents that resulted in physical damage but no casualties.
"Articles, more inciting against Ford than usual, have appeared in
state media recently. He left on Saturday," said one of the diplomats,
who like others asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of
the issue.
U.S. embassy officials were not immediately available for comment,
Reuters reported.
Ford, a veteran diplomat, infuriated Syria's rulers by getting in
touch with a seven-month-old grassroots protest movement demanding
an end to 41 years of Assad family rule.