State Department: Syria Becoming "Pariah State"

Haaretz reports:

The U.S. Administration is looking for additional ways to put pressure on Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria, State Department officials told Haaretz on Friday.

“We’re appalled by the violence, we’re revolted, and we’re extremely disturbed by the number of deaths of Syrian civilians at the hands of their own government,” said one official. “We are operating in a number of ways in order to increase the pressure on President Assad. We’re not really seeing any genuine effort in response. The international community sees this as well, including countries like Turkey. Amr Moussa, the Secretary General of the Arab League, a couple of days ago made a very strong statement. And what this indicates is that by the actions he’s taking, Assad is putting his country clearly on the path to becoming a pariah state. Iran seems at this point to be Syria’s last friend, and what a friend to have. They continue to provide advice and equipment to Bashar Assad to repress his own people”.