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U.S. shuts embassy in Syria as Obama tells Assad to go

Russia defends veto of U.N. bid to halt strife

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“I think we need to have a little bit of time to work with partners and allies,” she said, adding that 13 out of the 15 nations on the U.N. Security Council backed the Arab League’s plan.

U.S. officials said Poland has agreed to represent American diplomatic interests in Syria similar to the way the Swiss do for Washington in Iran.

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Guy Taylor

Guy Taylor

Guy Taylor rejoined The Washington Times in 2011 as the State Department correspondent.

As a freelance journalist, Taylor’s work was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Fund For Investigative Journalism, and his stories appeared in a variety publications, from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to Salon, Reason, Prospect Magazine of London, the Daily Star of Beirut, the ...

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