Jordan calls for Assad to step down

Jordan's King Abdullah has become the first Arab ruler to call for Syrian president Bashar Assad to step down.

Mon, 14 Nov, 2011 - 15:14

Jordan's King Abdullah has become the first Arab ruler to call for Syrian president Bashar Assad to step down.

The statement came as Arabs closed ranks against Damascus with the Arab League voting to suspend Syria over attacks on protesters that the UN estimates have killed 3,500 people since mid-March.

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