International pressure on Bashar al-Assad ratcheted up on Monday as Jordan’s King Abdullah became the first Arab leader to tell the Syrian leader to step down and China joined calls for Damascus to end its violent crackdown.
The moves followed the Arab League’s decision at the weekend to suspend Syria’s membership of the grouping and attacks by pro-government demonstrators on diplomatic missions in Damascus belonging to Turkey, France and Saudi Arabia.
In a surprising development that further underlined how international support for the Assad government is waning, China, said on Monday it supported the Arab League’s move.
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