'No Appetite For Military Action': Hague Rules Out Intervention In Syria Despite 140 Protesters Dying As Government Launches 'Full Armed Warfare' On The People -- Daily Mail
* Foreign Secretary says there must be 'additional sanctions' to pressure Bashar al-Assad's regime
* Government tanks shelled city of Hama, say residents
* Dawn raid follows siege lasting weeks
* Electricity and water cut to some districts
* Obama calls the reports 'horrifying'
William Hague has said there was 'not a remote possibility' of UN-backed military action against Syria despite the violence that has left up to 140 protesters dead.
President Bashar al-Assad’s tanks yesterday battered the city of Hama as the country’s government waged ‘full armed warfare’ on its own people to crush demonstrations.
The attacks came in response to protests that have raged for several months against his rule, pleading for political reform.
But the Foreign Secretary ruled out confronting the regime, saying there was no international appetite for military action.
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