News Alert: U.S. closes embassy in Syria

   
The Washington PostMonday, February 6, 2012 9:30:40 AM
NEWS ALERT

AP: U.S. closes embassy in Damascus, pulls American diplomats out of Syria


The Obama administration has closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus and pulled all American diplomats out of Syria, the Associated Press reports. Officials say Ambassador Robert Ford and other diplomats left Syria on Monday. It's the most dramatic U.S. move so far after 11 months of a violent crackdown on dissent by President Bashar Assad's regime.




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