Annan arrives in Syria, urges ceasefire

Analette Abesamis

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Pressure is increasing on Syria after wide international condemnation of a brutal massacre last week in the Houla area of central Syria which killed at least 108 villagers, including 49 children and 34 women. The United Nations’ special envoy Kofi Annan arrived in Syria Monday to try to salvage a peace plan – even as Syria’s ambassador to the UN called its condemnation of his country a “tsunami of lies.” The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that continued atrocities could bring up the option of military intervention.

 

Read more about Kofi Annan’s plan on the New York Times.

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