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US, Britain seek to 'increase pressure' on Assad:

US President Barack Obama said Monday that he and British Prime Minister David Cameron had agreed to "Increase the pressure" On Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, with his departure the goal. Ref. Source 9

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Assad's departure urged as Friends of Syria meet:

"It is the longstanding view of the UK that Assad needs to go, and we have never been able to see any solution which involves him staying," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in Amman ahead of a Friends of Syria meeting to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks. Qatar, a key supporter of the Syrian opposition, echoed that. Ref. Source 3

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White House: No role for Assad in transitional Syrian government:

The White House said Friday it does not see any role for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in a prospective political transition in Syria. "I'd be hard pressed to make the case to you that he should have a role in a transitional government," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Ref. Source 6

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Bashar al-Assad is not the one really in control of Syria, claims cousin:

"Bashar Assad is not his father, he did not build the regime he inherited it. "He people around his father are the ones sustaining, the Baath party the generals in the secret service and military, they are the ones who are really in control. Ref. Source 6

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U.S. Officials say the Obama administration has concluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against the opposition seeking to overthrow him, crossing what President Obama called a 'red line'. Ref. USAToday

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Assad: Europe will 'pay the price' if it delivers arms to rebel forces in Syria:

"If the Europeans deliver weapons, the backyard of Europe will become terrorist and Europe will pay the price for it," He said in the advance extract of the interview due to be published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Tuesday. Ref. Source 1

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Assad visits Syria troops, tells them is 'sure of victory':

Assad's visit to Daraya is his first known public trip outside the Syrian capital, his seat of power, since he visited the battered Baba Amr district in the central city of Homs after troops seized it from rebels in March 2012. Ref. Source 7

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Syria's Assad warns of 'regional war' if West strikes:

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told French daily Le Figaro Monday that use of nerve gas against targets in rebel-held parts of Syria would have been "Illogical", while warning that an attack on his country could set off a "Regional war". Ref. Source 7