Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday summoned the Syrian envoy to convey his "grave concerns" about the nation's worsening crisis to the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd (pictured in January) on Wednesday summoned the Syrian envoy to convey his "grave concerns" about the nation's worsening crisis to the Bashar al-Assad regime. Rudd called Syria's charge d'affaires Jawdat Ali to parliament as Assad's forces pounded the city of Homs for a fourth day.
Rudd called Syria's charge d'affaires Jawdat Ali to parliament as Assad's forces pounded the city of Homs for a fourth day and vowed no let-up, prompting several European nations to withdraw their diplomats from the Middle East nation.
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