US Vice-President Joe Biden has urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign.
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The US Vice-President, Joe Biden, has urged the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, to resign, saying his government was causing instability in the region.
Mr Biden was speaking on a visit to Turkey where he met Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.
He said the United States stood with the Turkish government in its calls for President Assad to step down.
Both nations are worried about Syria, where an eight-month crackdown on pro-democracy protesters has fanned fears of wider regional instability.
A US official said Syria was discussed only briefly and the two did not touch on what comes next there, informed RTE News.
Meanwhile, an Arab League ministerial committee slapped 19 Syrian officials with a ban on travel to Arab states and gave Damascus until Sunday to accept observers to monitor the unrest in the country.


















































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