French President Francois Hollande said that there is still time to find a political
solution to avoid a civil war in Syria. Hollande's comments came as Syria's state news agency earlier reported a suicide truck bomb in the central province of Hama has killed three civilians and one security officer.
SANA said the attacker, who covered the bomb with onions, detonated the explosives in the town of Muhrada.
The anti-regime Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bomb targeted the local military security headquarters. Both said the dead included two women and a child.
Earlier in the day, 19 Syrians were killed in continued shelling and clashes concentrated on the outskirts
of Damascus and Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
The
observatory added that pro-government forces are attempting to storm the town of
Kherbet Ghazalah in Daraa after violent shelling preceded early Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Tremseh massacre, which claimed the lives of at
least 200 people, continued to evoke International condemnations. This as International Observers units head towards the site of the
alleged massacre.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice
tweeted late on Thursday that “reports of Tremseh massacre are nightmarish -
dramatically illustrate the need for binding UNSC measures on Syria,"
As for the White House, it said on Friday that
reports of the Tremseh massacre had eliminated any doubt over the need for a
coordinated international response.
"Through these repeated efforts, through these repeated acts of
violence against the Syrian people, President Assad has lost legitimacy to
lead. It is time for him to go," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
In turn, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John
Baird said Friday that Canada is appalled by the Tremseh massacre.
"The
international community cannot stand by and allow these atrocities to
continue," he said in a statement. "Canada urges all members of the
UN Security Council to come to agreement on a resolution that will impose
tough, binding economic sanctions against the regime.
Meanwhile, Brazil said it's deeply concerned to
learn about "the use of heavy weaponry against civilians by the Syrian
government" in the village of Tremseh.
In turn, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast
reiterated Iran’s readiness "to play its role", along with other
countries in the region in establishing dialogue between the Syrian
government and the opposition.
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