联合国秘书长潘基文说，尽管他一再呼吁叙利亚总统阿萨德停止“过度和致命的”政府安全部队行动，但针对叙利亚民众的暴力行为仍在继续。
潘基文星期四在澳大利亚悉尼大学说，他已敦促阿萨德进行政治改革，“以免为时太晚”。
权利活动人士说，星期四，叙利亚当局的镇压在继续。军车冲进叙利亚西北部的一个
村庄猛烈射击。这次行动前一天，活动人士说，安全部队在突袭反政府抗议者的时
候打死至少20人。多数死亡事件发生在中部的霍姆斯地区。
法国星期三指责叙利亚在镇压持不同政见人士过程中犯下“反人类罪”。与此同时，活动人士说，叙利亚安全部队在镇压反政府抗议过程中打死至少20多人。
法国外长阿兰·朱佩谴责了星期三的暴力事件，他说，国际社会有理由制裁叙利亚。朱佩会晤了俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫，敦促俄罗斯对叙利亚采取更加强硬的立场。拉夫罗夫说，俄罗斯仍然赞成通过对话解决叙利亚的动乱。
美国常驻联合国代表苏姗·赖斯星期三表示，安理会决议向叙利亚总统阿萨德政府施压已经是“过去的事情了”。她说，目前对采取其它措施还没有取得一致意见。不过安理会成员国将继续为达成一项“有意义的决议”而努力。
叙利亚反对派联盟说，星期三的大多数死亡事件发生在中部的霍姆斯地区。反对派联盟发言人说，叙利亚安全部队在坦克掩护下星期三凌晨闯入霍姆斯，这座冲突不断的城市内的几处街道随后发生了“纯军事性攻击”。
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says violence against Syrians has continued despite his repeated calls for President Bashar al-Assad to halt “excessive and lethal” actions by government security forces.
Ban made the comments while speaking Thursday at the University of Sydney in Australia.
“I have repeatedly urged President Assad to end the excessive and lethal use of force by his security forces against his own people – Syrian people – and to engage in meaningful inclusive dialogue by taking bold political reform before it is too late,” he said. “Yet the violent operation against the civilians, including mass arrests and killings, continues.
France on Wednesday accused Syria of committing “crimes against humanity” in the crackdown as activists said Syrian security forces killed at least 20 people during raids against anti-government protesters.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe condemned the violence, saying international sanctions against Syria are justified. He met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and urged Russia to take a stronger stance against Syria. Lavrov said his country still favors using dialogue to resolve the unrest.
The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said Wednesday it is “past time” for a Security Council resolution to pressure Assad’s government. She said support for additional measure is not yet unanimous, but members will continue working towards a “meaningful resolution.”
Syria’s opposition coalition – the Local Coordinating Committees of Syria – said the majority of Wednesday’s deaths took place in the central Homs region.
A coalition spokesman said Syrian security forces backed by tanks swept into Homs early Wednesday, and that a “complete military assault” took place in several neighborhoods in the flashpoint city.
Also Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Assad, should back away from his violent crackdown on protesters and enter talks with the opposition.
During a live interview in Tehran with a Portuguese television station Radiotelevisao Portuguesa, the Iranian leader said “a military solution is never the right” one. He said problems must be dealt with through dialogue.
Earlier this year, Iranian security officials used tear gas and electric batons to disperse anti-government protesters in Tehran. Scores were arrested. And at least 72 people were killed during the crackdown on protests after Iran’s disputed 2009 presidential elections. Iranian authorities also arrested hundreds of people and sentenced more than 80 of them to prison.
Meanwhile, Assad’s government delayed a planned Arab League visit expected to begin Wednesday. The league said Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby now plans to visit Syria on Saturday.
Elaraby has said he wants to express Arab concerns about the violence in Syria and listen to the opinions of Syrian leaders. Last month, Syrian authorities rejected an Arab League statement calling for an end to the bloodshed.
The United Nations estimates 2,200 people have been killed since March after Assad launched the crackdown on dissent. However, Syria has blamed much of the violence on armed gangs and “terrorists.”