Regional pressure mounted on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Thursday as the newly elected leader of Egypt described the Damascus government as "oppressive" and called for it to transfer power to a democratic system. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told a summit of non-aligned nations in Tehran, one of Assad's few remaining allies, that "the bloodshed in Syria is [a] responsibility on all our shoulders." He said the world had a "moral duty" to stand with ...
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