AMMAN, (Reuters) – The West warned of more pressure on Syria if a crackdown against pro-democracy protests continues, hours after tanks stormed a city in the south, cradle of an uprising against Baathist rule.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that both the European Union and the United States — which have already slapped sanctions on a number of senior Syrian officials but not on President Bashar al-Assad — were planning more steps.
“We will be taking additional steps in the days ahead,” Clinton said, saying she agreed with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who told
