'Friends of Syria' call for end to violence?

Al Jazeera Friday 24th February, 2012

Representatives of more than 70 nations in Tunisia for the "Friends of Syria" meeting have called for an immediate end to violence in the country and for new sanctions on the government of President Bashar al-Assad. In a final declaration on Friday, the group also called to allow for humanitarian aid to be brought in. It vowed to "press the Syria...

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