BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND ADAM ENTOUS
WASHINGTONâ€"The Obama administration declared Wednesday that Syria's government is losing control of the country and said the world must act to prevent the development of a dangerous and violent power vacuum.
"The Assad regime is losing control of Syria," a senior administration official said, citing a bombing that killed the country's defense minister and two other associates of President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, noting sustained fighting in Damascus, also said the situation was "rapidly spinning out of control."
"It's obvious that what is happening in Syria represents a real escalation in the fighting," Mr. Panetta said during ...
BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND ADAM ENTOUS
WASHINGTONâ€"The Obama administration declared Wednesday that Syria's government is losing control of the country and said the world must act to prevent the development of a dangerous and violent power vacuum.
"The Assad regime is losing control of Syria," a senior administration official said, citing a bombing that killed the country's defense minister and two other associates of President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, noting sustained fighting in Damascus, also said the situation was "rapidly spinning out of control."
"It's obvious that what is happening in Syria represents a real escalation in the fighting," Mr. Panetta said during ...
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