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David Cameron

British prime minister David Cameron on Tuesday demanded Bashar al-Assad of Syria to step down and to end the bloodshed in his country. Addressing the Liaison Committee made of chairmen of the Commons select committees that scrutinize the governmental departments, the prime minister said that the best path to peace was a “transition at the top” and not a revolution.
Speaking of the fact that the Red Cross was barred access from the zones in Homs that required its presence, Cameron said that the regime in Damascus was “illegitimate and criminal.”
Cameron also spoke of the meeting with Vladimir Putin after he won elections on Sunday and said that Putin was asked to reconsider his country’s stance on Syria and that there were no signs of a shift in the attitude of Kremlin.
He said that in his opinion the West and Russia could at least agree that there is a need for humanitarian help, adding that Russia has damaged its image across the Muslim world because of its siding with Assad’s repressive regime, since the Arab world is united in waiting for the end of the Assad regime.
The United Nations estimates that 7,500 people were killed and 70,000 displaced since the unrest began in Syria a year ago.
A transition at the top of the regime is less bloody and painful than a revolution at the bottom of the Syrian society, the British prime minister added. BBC News reports that when asked whether the UK would consent to arm the rebels the way the Libyan rebels were armed last year, Cameron said that a few steps must be taken: the international community must be gathered; the diplomatic pressure on the regime must be intensified; the West must work with the opposition and then see if there is anything they can do to help.
Meanwhile, USA Today reports that a new resolution is under way and that the United States will propose it to the United Nations Security Council. The new resolution is said to be debated behind closed doors on Tuesday with the five permanent members of the UNSC – the U.S., China, Russia, France and the UK – and Morocco and the Arab representatives in the UNSC.
It demands the end of violence, first by the government forces and then by the rebels, and condemns the human rights violations of human rights by the regime. The inclusion of the rebel responsibility in the resolution seem directed toward obtaining the consensus of Russia.
In the field reports come that the hospitals in Homs have become medieval torture chambers, and that the regime is targeting the escape routes to Lebanon, in a bid to prevent the people in Syria from fleeing their country toward Lebanon to escape the death the security forces have brought to the city.
There are reports in the United States that say that Iran is being involved in the survival of the regime, and that Tehran would do whatever it takes to make sure that Assad survives at the head of the regime.
On Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded that a humanitarian corridor be launched immediately to help the people in need. The prime minister also demanded that the plan proposed by the Arab League be implemented, which would mean that Assad step down and hand over power to the deputy, and elections be called.
Diplomatic efforts to solve the situation are being made by the Chinese regime too, which has sent a former ambassador to Syria in a bid to convince Assad to step down.

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