Middle East
4:34 pm
Fri August 3, 2012

With Annan Out, U.S. Pressured To Act In Syria

Originally published on Fri August 3, 2012 6:06 pm

International Envoy Kofi Annan is quitting and his peace plan for Syria in tatters. So, what will the U.S. and others do now? President Obama has quietly allowed a group to raise money to give to the Free Syrian Army and U.S. diplomats have been trying to get a better sense of the opposition on the ground, offering non-lethal support. Syrian opposition figures complain that these are only small adjustments that won't make a difference amid a rapidly changing situation on the ground.