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No quick fixes in Syria for Annan

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan faces considerable hurdles in his new appointment as envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, chief among them a Security Council that is deadlocked over whether to intervene to stop the regime's violent crackdown against the popular anti-government uprising. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that while strong opposition to foreign intervention could draw out the conflict, intervention could accelerate the threat of civil war. Reuters (2/24), BBC (2/26) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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