
"Stop Assad" is written on a poster at the Syrian embassy in London
The temporary attorney in the affairs of Syria in London Khaled al-Ayyubi resigned, not wanting to represent the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the Reuters agency said, citing the British Foreign Ministry
“Mr. Al-Ayyubi told us that he no longer wants to represent the regime that has committed such violent and repressive actions in relation to his own people, and therefore is not able to continue his work,” the office of the office said in a statement.
Al-Ayyubi headed the Syrian diplomatic mission in London after President Assad in March 2012 abolished the position of Ambassador of Syria in the UK.
“His departure is another blow to Assad. He illustrates disgust and despair from the actions of the regime among the Syrians of all sections of society, within the country and abroad. We urge the surrounding Bashar al-Assad to follow the example of Mr. Al-Ayuyi, ”the British Foreign Ministry said.
Al-Ayubi is already a sixth senior Syrian diplomat, who refused to serve the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Two days ago, a similar demarche was undertaken by the Syrian ambassador to Belarus Faru Tah, and even earlier - ambassadors in Iraq, the UAE, Armenia, in Cyprus, as well as the Genaconsul in Armenia and the Consul in California (USA).
A similar picture was observed in Libya, when in a matter of months before the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime, valuable systems began to turn away from him, claiming the support of the opposition national transition council.
According to the UN, the total number of victims of the conflict in Syria, which lasts more than a year, exceeded 17 thousand people, about 230 thousand became refugees, about a million need humanitarian assistance. The Syrian authorities say that they are opposed by well -armed militants.
Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that Paris will seek the convocation of the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the Syrian issue immediately after France will become a patron of the Council of Secondary Superior, ”he said. “The Syrians are real martyrs, and the executioner in this case is the name of Bashar al-Asad,” said the head of the French Foreign Ministry. Despite the fact that any sharp resolution, most likely, will once again be blocked by Russia and China, experts do not consider such a meeting useless. “I think that Laurent Fabius wants not only to give the Russians and the Chinese the last chance to reconsider their positions, but, in the event of a negative reaction, politically isolate Assad’s supporters and, possibly, prepare NATO’s military invasion, despite the imposed veto,” the analyst of the IRMAM Paris Institute (Institute for Research of the Arabic and Muslim world) told The New Times) Bensad. “Perhaps we will not talk about a ground operation, but in one form or another, the West will certainly intervene.”
This statement sounded against the backdrop of the ongoing battles in Aleppo, the second largest Syrian city, which is almost completely controlled by the Free Army of Syria, but is under the siege of troops loyal regime. At the same time, the rebels managed to achieve significant success: they broke through the blockade from the border with Turkey, which is located only 45 kilometers from Aleppo and is the main channel for the supply of weapons, fuel and provisions.
According to the UN, the Air bombing of Aleppo, a city with 2.5 million inhabitants, forced more than 200 thousand people to escape from here in the direction of the borders with Lebanon and Turkey.