. . COUNTRIES: SYRIA: US and Russia Issue Warning for Syria's Bashar al-Assad . . US and Russia Issue Warning for Syria's Bashar al-Assad Thursday 04 August 2011 The Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/8682892/ US-and-Russia-issue-warning-for-Syrias-Bashar-al-Assad.html
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/3c9gn8e . .The United States and Russia had harsh words for embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, a day after the UN Security Council condemned his deadly crackdown on anti-regime demonstrators.
.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, whose country has so far stonewalled firmer UN action, hinted at a possible change of heart, while the White House bluntly said Syria would be "better off" without Assad.
.With its sharp rhetoric, Washington also stepped up the pressure, imposing sanctions on a businessman close to the Syrian president.
.Meanwhile, witnesses and activists said security forces killed at least 37 people on Wednesday, 30 of them as tanks shelled the flashpoint protest hub of Hama.
.A Hama resident, who managed to escape the city, said in Nicosia that "the bodies of 30 people who were killed during shelling by the army have been buried in several public parks."
.The witness, who declined to be identified for security reasons, said scores of people were being treated in hospitals for injuries and that fires had broken out in several buildings.
."Tanks are deployed throughout the city, particularly in Assi Square and outside the citadel," he said about landmarks in the city centre.
.The witness said the army had used "bombs that break up into fragments when they explode," possibly meaning cluster bombs, on Wednesday and that Hama echoed with the intermittent sound of machine-gun fire on Thursday.
."Conditions are very difficult in the city. Communications, electricity and water are cut and there are food shortages," he said.
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