Syrian Official Resigns in Protest of Crackdown

The Takeaway

A Syrian official has publicly denounced the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and resigned in protest over the government’s brutal crackdown of demonstrators. Mohammed Adnan al-Bakkour, the attorney general of Hama, is the highest ranking Syrian official to resign in the last five months of protests. In an internet video released on Wednesday, Bakkour detailed horrific  atrocities committed by the Assad government, though the government denies his claims.  Owen Bennett-Jones  of the BBC reports on the latest from the Syria-Lebanon border.

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