Monday, August 8, 2011

Syria News: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain recall their Damascus envoys


Arab states slam Syria, recall envoys


DAMASCUS: Saudi ArabiaKuwait and Bahrain recalled their Damascus envoys as Sunni Islam's top body on Monday urged an end to the crisis in Syria, increasing the regional isolation of President Bashar al-Assad .

Hours after the Saudi envoy's recall, rights activists said security forces shot dead a mother and her two children in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, where 42 people were reported killed in an army assault on Sunday. 


The recalls by Riyadh, the Arab world's Sunni Muslim heavyweight, and fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members Kuwait and Bahrain marked a major escalation of pressure on Assad. 

His regime's repression of a pro-democracy uprising has left at least 2,059 people dead, including almost 400 members of the security forces, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. 

"Saudi Arabia announces the recall of its ambassador for consultations," King Abdullah said in a statement after Syrian security forces killed more than 50 people on Sunday. 

He urged Damascus to "stop the killing machine and the bloodshed... before it is too late." 

"The kingdom does not accept the situation in Syria, because the developments cannot be justified," King Abdullah 
said, urging comprehensive and quick reforms. 

"The future of Syria lies between two options: either Syria chooses willingly to resort to reason, or faces being swept into deep chaos, God forbid," he said. 

The Saudi decision to recall its ambassador from Damascus was followed by Kuwait and Bahrain. 

"No one can accept the bloodshed in Syria... The military option must be halted," Kuwait's foreign minister told reporters. 

"There will be a meeting for the GCC foreign ministers soon and a joint GCC move to discuss the issues related to Syria." he said. 

Hackers take the war to cyber space, deface defence ministry website 

T he website of Syria's ministry of defence was offline on Monday after being defaced by the "hacktivist" group Anonymous to protest a bloody crackdown on anti-government protestors. Repeated attempts to connect to the site, www.mod.gov.sy, were met with an error message on Monday. On Sunday, the Internet vigilante group Anonymous claimed on @YourAnonNews to have hacked the defense ministry website. On its Tumblr feed, Anonymous posted a screen grab of the page before it went offline. 
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