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United States closed its embassy in Syria and pulled out remaining staff on Monday.

06 February,2012 07:24 pm

The step came after Damascus refused to address security concerns, senior State Department officials told CNN.Western powers have vowed to seek new ways to punish President Bashar al-Assads government amid growing outrage over the veto by Russia and China of a UN resolution condemning Syria for its deadly crackdown on nearly 11 months of protest.—AFP