NEWSMAX: …The international community is divided on how to resolve the conflict as the daily death toll mounts. Forces loyal to the president are using tanks and artillery to try and crush a rebellion aimed at toppling the leader and his regime. Syrian forces killed nine people today, Al Jazeera television reported.
On Saturday, Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Zhai Jun visited Damascus, where he urged Syria to halt the fighting and restore stability. Zhai, speaking in the capital after a meeting with Assad, backed the Syrian leader’s proposed referendum on a new democratic constitution, set for Feb. 26, according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua…
The United States, the European Union, and the Arab League, which backed the resolution vetoed by China and Russia, will attend a “Friends of Syria” meeting in Tunisia this week aimed at coordinating support for the opposition to Assad… (much more)
