Ambassador Robert Ford on Syrian opposition

The World

The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote this week on a resolution condemning Syria’s violent crackdown on those opposed to the government of Bashar al-Assad. Among the chorus of international voices speaking out against the Assad government is the United States’ ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford. Ambassador Ford spoke to Lyse Doucet of the BBC about the Syrian opposition.

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