US ambassador visits under-siege Syrian city
The US says its envoy to Syria is visiting the besieged city of Hama to show solidarity with residents protesting against President Bashar Assad's regime.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland stressed that Ambassador Robert Ford traveled independently Thursday. He participated in a government-organized excursion to northern Syria last month. Nuland said Ford "spent the day expressing our deep support for the right of the Syrian people to assemble peacefully and to express themselves." (AP)
