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French President Hollande Friday called for stiffer sanctions against Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

06 July,2012 05:59 pm

He also urged more support for rebels seeking to drive him from power at the start of a meeting of Western and Arab states who back the uprising.Bashar al-Assad must go, Hollande told a meeting of foreign ministers and senior diplomats from the Friends of Syria group. Its in the interest of Syria, of its neighbors and everybody who wants peace in the region.Hollande said he wanted the participants at the talks - who were cheered by reports of the defection of a senior Syrian general - to also agree to step up humanitarian aid to the country.