Japan recalled its ambassador from Syria

The fact that this will be done in the near future, said Japanese Foreign Ministry. Recently, their ambassadors from Damascus withdrew Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. The Syrian government, led by Bashar Assad, has continued to severe suppression of the protests even after the President personally informed the UN Secretary General that the participants in antigovernment rallies against will no longer use the army. In the capital, Damascus, and in the city of Homs in central part of the country on Friday continued shooting. According to Human Rights Defenders, in clashes in two cities killed at least 30 people. Since the beginning of anti-government protests, according to the U.S. State Department, was killed two thousand people.