At the United Nations, the Security Council conveys to vote on a draft resolution supportingan Arab League plan calling for Bashar al- Assad to resign.
New York / NationalTurk – It was unclear if Russia, which has opposed significant council action on Syria would vote in favor at the crucial UN Syria vote, abstain or veto it.
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Western diplomats in New York said the latest violence might make it more difficult for Russia to block it. “Would they dare, with what is happening in Homs?” one diplomat told Reuters.
The British U.N. mission posted on Twitter: “After the horror in Homs Friday (it is) vital all Council members back (the) resolution”.
Russia wants Assad regime to continue
Russia has balked at any language that would open to door to “regime change” in Syria, its crucial Middle East ally where Moscow operates a naval base.
In Cairo, a crowd stormed the Syrian embassy smashing furniture and setting fire to parts of the building in protest over the Homs bloodshed and massacre after Bashar al-Assad forces
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The gate of the embassy was broken and furniture was smashed on the second floor of the building, a Reuters witness said. It was the second attack on the mission in a week.
In London, more than 100 Syrians hurled stones at the Syrian embassy, smashing windows and shouting slogans, and five people were arrested after trying to break in, according to TV reports.
In Washington, about 50 people took part in a nighttime rally outside Syria’s embassy, chanting “Down with Assad”.
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Some Syrians living exiled carried signs including one that juxtaposed pictures of Assad and Adolf Hitler. “We want to show solidarity with the people in Syria being killed every day,” said Mohammad Kousha, a Syrian living in Washington.
In the cities of Hama and Idlib, activists report hundreds of Syrians took to the streets in solidarity against Bashar al-Assad. They chanted in Idlib: “Homs is bombarded, and you are still sleeping?”
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