Pressure mounts on Syrian leader amid crackdown

BEIRUT (AP) – Jordan's king said Monday that Syrian President Bashar Assad should step down for the good of his country, the first Arab leader to publicly make such a call as Syria's neighbors close ranks against an increasingly isolated regime. Syria's crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising has ...

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