UN Shrinks from Syria Sanctions

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Updated Apr. 21, 2017 5:44PM EDT / Published Jan. 27, 2012 6:40AM EST

LOUAI BESHARA

The UN Security Council will meet Friday to discuss the situation in Syria ahead of a possible vote on the matter next week. But according to Reuters, which obtained a copy of a possible resolution, the draft does not call for sanctions against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, instead only urging a "political transition." Russia, an old ally and an arms supplier to Syria, opposes sanctions. Meanwhile, fighting erupted in Homs on Friday, a day after sectarian militiamen killed 14 members of a Sunni Muslim family.

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UN Shrinks from Syria Sanctions

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