Clinton demands UN action on Syria

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton yesterday demanded UN action to stop spiralling violence in Syria as she prepared to join other top diplomats in pressing a reluctant Russia.

As a Syrian government offensive was blamed for the deaths of dozens more civilians, Clinton said she would join the foreign ministers of France and Britain and the Arab League chief at the UN today.

“The US condemns in the strongest possible terms the escalation of the Syrian regime’s violent and brutal attacks on its own people,” Clinton said in a statement.