UN chief appalled at escalating Syria violence
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the escalating violence in Syria appalling and told the government Monday that the Security Council's disagreement over a resolution condemning the bloodshed was not a license to escalate attacks.
Ban called the mounting death toll, and especially the continued artillery shelling of civilian area in the city of Homs, "totally unacceptable before humanity," his spokesman Martin Nesirky said. The UN chief expressed regret that Syrian authorities continue to ignore calls to stop using violence against civilians and urged "all concerned in Syria" and the international community to redouble efforts to try to stop the violence. (AP)
