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October 25, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-pulls-envoy-syria-over-security-concerns-105717780.html

U.S. Pulls Envoy Out of Syria over Security Concerns

(AP) Bradley Klapper - The U.S. pulled Ambassador Robert Ford out of Syria over security concerns, blaming President Assad's regime for the threats that made it no longer safe for him to remain. Ford has been the subject of several incidents of intimidation by pro-government thugs, and enraged Syrian authorities with his forceful defense of peaceful protests and harsh critique of the government crackdown. "We hope that the Syrian regime will end its incitement campaign against Ambassador Ford," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Monday.

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