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  • Mr. Ghadbian added: "If the international community does not have the stomach to intervene to protect civilians, then at least they should enable Syrians do that."

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  • "We want to convey the message that the Syrian people have lost faith in the diplomatic efforts at the Security Council," Najib Ghadbian, a senior member of the Syrian National Council, said in a phone interview from New York.

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