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U.S., Britain order envoys to leave Syria

Gunfire said to be ‘like rain’ in Homs; dead are put at 40

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 5:33 a.m.

Credit: AP
 Anti-Syrian regime protesters rally Monday in Idlib, Syria. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in an escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to step down.

The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring.

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