Dozens of people have died in the continuing unrest through Syria, Jordan’s King urged President Assad to resign.
In one case, more than 30 soldiers killed in clashes with army deserters suspected in a city near the border south of Jordan, activists.
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King Abdullah became the first Arab leader to openly Assad wants out.
He told the BBC she was in a position to Assad, to begin discussions to ensure an orderly transition.
“I am unsubscribing and make sure that everyone who comes after me has the ability to change the status quo we see,” King Abdullah said in an exclusive interview with BBC Television News of the World.
He said: “If Bashar [Assad] has the interest of his country [the heart] was going to resign, but would also create a capacity to reach and start a new stage of political life in Syria.
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Each time you use violence in their own people, will never end well ”
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King Abdullah said: “Every time you use violence against its own people, is never going to end well.”
Angry with the king’s comments, about 100 supporters gathered outside the Jordanian Embassy at the end Bashar Damascus on Monday.
Three protesters scaled the fence of the embassy and took the flag of Jordan, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Kayed was told the Associated Press.
The spokesman said no one was injured during the incident.
Many Arab leaders have condemned the repression of protests in the months of Syria and the Arab League voted Saturday to suspend the membership of Syria.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallem said defiantly, and move the Arab League, saying it was illegal and vowed to win the “conspiracies” against Damascus.
UN says more than 3,500 people have died since the beginning of the demonstrations in March. The Syrian authorities blame for the violence in the armed forces and militants.
In the latest violence, 27 civilians were shot dead by security forces in the southern province of Deraa Flash Monday, the UK Observatory for Human Rights in Syria said.
In the same region, 34 government troops were killed in clashes with suspected army deserters, said the observatory. Said 12 deserters were also killed.
Four other civilians were killed in the central city of Homs, activists said.
Such claims are impossible to verify that the Syrian government has severely restricted access of foreign journalists.
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15727325
