(Guardian-UK) Simon Tisdall - Syrian troops backed by tanks are sent into target towns at night, firing guns in the air, breaking down doors and seizing anybody suspected of anti-regime sympathies. Those who resist risk being shot. Those arrested simply disappear. An increasingly efficient press and social media clampdown ensures silence shrouds their fate. It's not credible to go on blaming people around Bashar Assad. The man ultimately responsible for Syria's suffering is the man who leads it. Britain and its allies should break with Assad - and demand he step down.
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