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May 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The United States, France, Britain, Spain, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, and Switzerland announced the expulsions on Tuesday, AFP reported.
This is the latest form of pressure by Western states and their allies on the Syrian government.
They blame Damascus for killing civilians in the unrest that began in Syria over a year ago.
The Syrian ambassador to Germany, Radwan Loutfi, was given 72 hours to leave Germany on Tuesday.
The Italian Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Khaddour Hassan was called to the ministry and informed of the decision, which was also extended to an unspecified number of Syrian diplomats.
Spain said it was giving Syrian Ambassador Hussam Edin Aala and four other diplomats based in Madrid three days to leave the country.
French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday that Ambassador Lamia Shakkour will be notified “today or tomorrow” that she must leave.
Hollande added that France does not rule out military intervention in Syria but noted that any use of force in Syria must be carried out under the auspices of the United Nations.
In Canada, Foreign Minister John Baird said in a statement that Syrian diplomats and their families have five days to leave Canada.
Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Charge d’Affaires Jawdat Ali, the most senior Syrian diplomat in Australia, would be expelled along with another diplomat from the Syrian Embassy in Canberra.
In Vienna, Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikolaus Lutterotti said the Syrian ambassador is being summoned to the ministry and added that the Syrian ambassador to Austria would not be expelled since he holds an additional function as Syria’s representative to UN organizations in Vienna.
Switzerland, The Netherlands, and Belgium declared the Syrian ambassadors and diplomats personae non gratae.
On Sunday, the head of the UN observer mission in Syria, Major General Robert Mood, said during a briefing via videoconference to the UN Security Council that UN observers in Houla estimate that 108 people were killed, including 49 children and 34 women.
The UN Security Council condemned the violence in Houla during an emergency meeting on Sunday, saying the clashes “involved a series of government artillery and tank shelling on a residential neighborhood.”
However, Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja’afari censured the “tsunami of lies” by some members of the Security Council and said Syrian forces were not to blame for the violence.
The clashes between Syrian forces and armed groups broke out despite a ceasefire that took effect on April 12.
The ceasefire is part of a six-point peace plan presented by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan in March.
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