Syria Places ‘Severe’ Constraints on Diplomats: US (U.S. Citizens Urged to Depart Syria Immediately)

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Source: AFP

Syria places ‘severe’ constraints on diplomats: US

By Agence France-Presse
Friday, August 5th, 2011 -- 10:47 pm

The United States has urged US citizens to depart Syria "immediately," and noted that the Damascus government has placed "severe" constraints on the travel of US diplomats in the country.

The travel warning, an update to an April 25 order for US embassy staff's family members and some non-emergency personnel to leave Syria, expressed growing concern over the violent crackdown by President Bashar al-Assad's security forces against pro-democracy protesters.

Last month, pro-government demonstrators attacked the US and French embassies in Damascus, smashing windows and spray-painting walls after the two Western envoys visited the flashpoint protest city of Hama.

"The US Department of State urges US citizens in Syria to depart immediately while commercial transportation is available," the latest travel warning said.


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