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The British Embassy in Damascus is unable to provide any consular assistance as operations have been suspended and diplomatic personnel have been withdrawn.
Foreign Secretary says reports of massacre in Damascus suburb underline the urgent need to bring the conflict in Syria to an end.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt: "I am deeply concerned by emerging reports of a brutal massacre of civilians in Darayya"
Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on the crisis in Syria and set out further UK action in the coming weeks.
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has condemned the attack by the Syrian regime which killed at least 20 people yesterday.
Statement by the Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Hugh Robertson
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