Gulf States to Expel Syrian Envoys, Recall Their Own
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The six Gulf Cooperation Council states have decided to expel Syria's envoys and withdraw their own from Damascus over the "mass slaughter" of civilians in Syria, a joint statement said.
"Member states have decided to withdraw their ambassadors from Syria and ask at the same time for all the ambassadors of the Syrian regime to leave immediately," a GCC statement said.
It said that there was "no point in them staying after the Syrian regime rejected all attempts and aborted all honest Arab efforts to solve this crisis and end the bloodshed."
The statement condemned "mass slaughter against the unarmed Syrian people" during the nearly 11-month crackdown by President Bashar Al-Assad's regime.
GCC states "follow with sorrow and anger, the increase in killing and violence in Syria, which has not spared children, old people or women with heinous acts that at best can be described as mass slaughter," the statement said.
The GCC urged other Arab states to use an Arab League meeting next week to adopt "all decisive measures in response to this dangerous escalation against the Syrian people."
The Gulf states' announcement came after France, Italy, and Spain said on Tuesday that they were following Britain and Belgium in bringing back their envoys for consultations. The United States has closed its Damascus embassy entirely.
07 February 2012, 16:17
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It's about time. The whole world should follow...of course the Lebanese government takes order from Assad so the cowards won't do a thing.
07 February 2012, 16:56
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Are they more cowards than Rafic Syria who fleeced the coffers and for 15 years kept lecturing us that the Syrian presence in Lebanon is temporary, legal and necessary? Your brightness is required here, allouchi ya ta7bouchi.
07 February 2012, 21:31
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ya fathal Limbo, you seem to live in the past and accuse others without any proof, either put up or shut the hell up.
08 February 2012, 00:21
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So the coward Rafic Syria did not collaborate with the Syrian occupation? He did not hand the key of Beirut to Ghazi Loubnan? He did not call the Syrian occupation temporary, legal and necessary? He did not invite his friend Jacques Chirac to lecture the MPs that the Syrian presence in Lebanon will continue until the Middle East problem is resolved? Just go back and read the filthy Al Mustaqbal newspapers of that era. You need proof, huh!
07 February 2012, 16:40
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the fithy zionist media terrorists are happy because some gulf states, a bunch of filthy ultra rich slimes, is isolating syria.
like that will help.
07 February 2012, 16:45
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Russia is arming ASSad.....time for the gulf to step up arming the FSA. ASSad is living in some dream land. There will be no more Arab observers. The end game is at hand. Lavrov did what Bahsar wanted in the UN and is giving arms. That is all they can do.
With the ambassadors gone there are so many options.
07 February 2012, 21:54
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Les princes d'Al Khanzira Al arabia jouent aux donneurs de leçons en démocratie moderne. Ceux qui leur prêtent oreille n'ont qu'avoir quelle démocratie ces khanazir pratiquent; esclavagisme vis à vis des travailleurs étrangers. N'en parlons pas des femmes. certains au Liban les admirent. Sommes nous devenus un peuple de débiles mentaux? Nous sommes quand même les héritiers de ceux qui ont pondu l'alphabet.
07 February 2012, 22:56
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Je suis d'accord avec toi Ibn Akkar. Ces régimes du Golf sont certes loin d'être démocratiques, mais s'ils condamnent l'atrocité ailleurs et s'ils peuvent limiter les dégâts et faire réduire le massacre des civils alors ça reste une bonne décision non?
08 February 2012, 21:52
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Salut Perestroika. Les Khanezirs ne font qu'armer des salafistes comme eux, des intégristes qui n'ont aucune tolérance même vis vis des musulmans qui ne se soumettent pas à leur diktat. Ces Kanezirs jettent uniquement de l'huile sur le feu Syrien. Le problème est que ce feu va s'étendre au pays du cèdre. L'intégrisme salafiste n'a pas de frontières. Viens à wadi Khaled et tu découvriras des Afghans, pakistanais, des magrébins, des Libyen...etc. La prochaines cible des Khanezirs d'Al arabia, c'est le Liban. Ils ont un réservoir d'hommes, ils ont l'argent et les armes. Après la Syrie viendra le tour du Liban qui plongera dans l'obscurantisme
07 February 2012, 17:54
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Je suis loin d'être fier des gouvernements des pays du Golf mais je ne peux que leur féliciter pour cette belle décision qui peut isoler ce régime barbare et limiter la mort des innocents!!!!
07 February 2012, 18:28
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When the Syrian regime was killing Christian women and children in Lebanon for 30 years, the GCC did not budge, (they were killing infidels). Now, they can’t wait to get rid of the regime!!!
07 February 2012, 18:29
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just for info: what about the two towers that assef shawkat owns in dubai??????????
i suggest ,sell it and give it to the state of lebanon as a downpayment of compensation for the 30 years of accupation..murdering.. and stealing..
07 February 2012, 22:16
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One by one the ambassadors are leaving, Turkey and McCain are talking about arming the rebels. It's only a matter of time till the regime falls. The question is how long will the Syrian people suffer for the greed of Assad and his cronies?
08 February 2012, 04:37
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the filthy zionist media terrorist promotes the idea that syria=cuba and north korea, forgetting that palestinians live even worse in zionist entity than average person in cuba or north korea
08 February 2012, 07:18
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Jabalamel... Have you ever been to Cuba or North Korea, do you know anything about these countries. You are one of the stupidest people on this planet, I am starting to think that you are Nasrallah's speech writer. Maybe that is why Nasrallah sounds like such a nut ;-)
