Cameron and Obama discuss Syria sanctions

David Cameron and Barack Obama could tighten sanctions against Syria to increase the pressure on President Bashar Assad, Downing Street said today.

A No 10 spokesman said the British Prime Minister and the US president were “disappointed” at the failure earlier this month to agree a United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) condemning the regime’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters who took to the streets 10 months ago as popular uprisings swept the Arab world.