The Obama administration is expelling the top Syrian diplomat in Washington in response to Fridays reported massacre of 108 people, including 49 children, in the village of Houla.
U.S. officials told Syrian Charge dAffaires Zuheir Jabbour on Tuesday morning that he has 72 hours to leave the country
“We hold the Syrian government responsible for this slaughter of innocent lives, said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Tuesday. “This massacre is the most unambiguous indictment to date of the Syrian governments flagrant violations of its U.N. Security Council obligations ¦ along with the regimes ongoing threat to peace and security.