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3 weeks 10 hours ago - Washington DC

The White House has condemned the raid of a Syrian student protest on Thursday and said a new international approach may be needed if a UN-backed peace plan fails, accusing President Bashar al-Assad of making "no effort" to implement it so far. 

"If the regime's intransigence continues, the international community is going to have to admit defeat and work to address the serious threat to peace and stability being perpetrated by the Assad regime," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. 

"Political transition is urgently needed in Syria. It is certainly our hope that the Annan plan succeeds," he said, referring to the plan crafted by former UN chief Kofi Annan. "We remain, based on the evidence, highly sceptical of Assad's willingness to meet the conditions of that plan, because he has so clearly failed to meet them thus far." [Reuters]

Tags Bashar al Assad, Jay Carney, syria
6 weeks 1 day ago - Bahrain

The White House said Wednesday it was "deeply concerned" over an upsurge in violence in Bahrain, condemning attacks  on police but also calling on security forces to show restraint.

"The United States continues to be deeply concerned about the situation in Bahrain, and we urge all parties to reject violence in all its forms," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.

- Agence France Presse

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9 weeks 2 days ago - Syria

The White House has said that reported emails of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad showing that he sought to evade sanctions, including by buying iTunes tracks, were "sickening”.

Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, also said that the Obama administration was looking for further ways to tighten sanctions on the Syrian government to punish a crackdown on an uprising that has killed thousands of people.

Carney was responding to reports carried by the Guardian newspaper purportedly detailing emails which lifted the lid on the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by Assad and his wife.

Tags Bashar al Assad, Jay Carney, Syria protests, US sanctions, White House
13 weeks 2 days ago - Washington DC
The US supports calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria to bring relief to civilians caught up in a crackdown by the regime, the White House has said.

"Reprehensible actions taken by the Assad regime have led us to a situation where basic supplies, humanitarian supplies are very scarce," said White House press secretary Jay Carney, referring to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Tags crackdown, Humanitarian supplies, Jay Carney, President Bashar al Assad, syria
15 weeks 1 day ago - Syria

The United States hopes to meet with international partners soon to agree upon the next steps to halt the killing of civilians in Syria and this would likely include humanitarian aid, the White House said on Wednesday.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that a "friends of Syria" meeting could be held in the near future, but did not give details.

Tags Jay Carney, Syria protests, White House
30 weeks 6 days ago - Syria

The White House repeated on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost his legitimacy to rule.

Barack Obama, the US president, said earlier that Muammar Gaddafi's death showed that "the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end”.

Asked whether that statement was meant to send a message to Assad, who has led a military crackdown on seven months of pro-democracy protests, White House spokesman Jay Carney stuck to familiar language about Syria.

"The president believes that Syria's leader has lost his legitimacy to rule," Carney said.

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