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Evening Standard
Politics
Richard Wheeler

UK presses Syria’s interim government to guarantee safety of all Syrians

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

Britain has urged Syria’s interim government to guarantee the safety of all Syrians following “horrific” reports of large numbers of civilian deaths.

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer made a statement to the House of Commons following clashes between Syrian security forces and insurgents of the minority Alawite community loyal to the deposed Bashar Assad government in the country’s coastal region.

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