London, Aug 9 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is facing increasing isolation as his 'sympathetic' Arab nations withdrew their ambassadors in protest at the regime's killing of civilian demonstrators.
The Arab neighbours turned firmly against Assad's regime for the first time since the uprising began in mid-March, the Telegraph reports.
King Abdullah, the Saudi monarch and the region's most powerful potentate, recently issued a statement denouncing Syria's suppression of the protests seeking Assad's overthrow as 'unacceptable'.
"Syria should think wisely before it is too late and issue and enact reforms that are not merely promises but actual reforms," he said.
"The future of Syria lies between two options: either Syria chooses willingly to resort to reason, or faces being swept into deep chaos, God forbid," he added.
Saudi Arabia announced it was recalling its envoy to Damascus 'for consultations' and its two closest allies, Bahrain and Kuwait, also followed suit, the paper said.
"No-one can accept the bloodshed in Syria. The military option must be halted," Sheikh Muhammad al-Sabah, Kuwait's foreign minister said.
Arab leaders received religious backing, with Al-Azhar, the region's most influential Sunni Muslim authority, calling on Assad to 'end the bloodshed and listen to the protesters'.
"This is a human tragedy that cannot be accepted. The vast repression, the use of the highest levels of violent, arrests and intimidation represent an unacceptable human tragedy," the group's grand imam, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, said.
The horror over the mounting death toll in Syria that now stands over 2,000, has led Arab states to join the chorus of concern over the escalating violence.
The European Union also announced it was considering extending its sanctions against individuals in the Assad regime, while Germany threatened to declare that the president had lost his legitimacy to rule, the paper said. (ANI)
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