A senior U.S. official said that the Obama administration plans to call the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as its government continues the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
The US government also started a sanction on Syria’s biggest bank which prohibits US businesses from dealing with them. The sanction also targets Syriatel, a mobile phone company that is owned by Rami Makhlouf who is close to the Syrian president.
Photograph: Syrian Govt Press Office
In the past days, the Syrian government crushed demonstrators throughout the country, with tanks firing into civilians which resulted to a death toll of 2,000 according to human rights group.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday that Syria “would be better off without President Assad.”
