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UK summons Syrian ambassador over violence

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Britain summoned Syria's ambassador Friday to warn that new sanctions will target the regime's hierarchy if President Bashar Assad does not halt the country's violent crackdown on protesters.

 

Syrian Ambassador Sami Khiyami was called in for talks with political director Geoffrey Adams - the second time in recent weeks he had been ordered to explain his government's actions. (AP)

 

 

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