Obama: Syria crisis can be resolved without military intervention

Obama: Syria crisis can be resolved without military intervention

PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to apply sanctions and step up pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government to leave power but said the Syrian crisis could be resolved without outside military intervention.

"I think it is very important for us to try to resolve this without recourse to outside military intervention. And I think that's possible," Obama told NBC's "Today" show in an interview broadcast on Monday, February 6, Reuters reported.

 Top stories
European Parliament urges EU member states to consider sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations.
NAM is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
Bud's maximum sustained winds have increased to near 90 mph with some more strengthening expected during the day.
Catherine Ashton's spokesman, Mike Mann, called the negotiations "tough," but said that "some progress was made."