<blockquote>'..the attack .. a "flagrant violation of international law".'
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan (
Syria massacre in Houla.., 27 May 2012)</blockquote>
'..urgent international military intervention..'
<blockquote>'..urgent international military intervention to stop what he called the "barbaric genocide" being committed by government forces in his country.'
- Hashem,
'..action to stop 'genocide'.', 24 May 2012</blockquote>
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[Military] intervention to protect civilians.'<blockquote>'The Free Syrian Army (FSA) also announced it was no longer committed to the UN-backed peace plan for Syria unless there was prompt UN intervention to protect civilians.'
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Children massacred in Syria, May 27, 2012</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
'..Genocidal massacres in Syria, coupled with the breakdown of law and order..''..started with absolutely peaceful demonstrations.' - Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani(Syria) - '.."the system" that did not allow for reform.'..'An influential body of international judges and lawyers called for Mr Assad and his lieutenants to be held to account for Easter weekend attacks in which troops and militamen fire on civilians.'
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Syria: President Bashar al-Assad faces indictment by the International Criminal Court, 24 Apr 2011</blockquote>