UN set for Assad 'step down' vote

Arab countries are pushing ahead with a symbolic United Nations General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian president Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government.

UN set for Assad 'step down' vote

Arab countries are pushing ahead with a symbolic United Nations General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian president Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government.

It also demands that the Syrian army stop its shelling and helicopter attacks and withdraw to its barracks. A vote on the resolution will be held tomorrow.

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