The king of Saudi Arabia, in an uncharacteristic outburst, criticised the veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria as "absolutely regrettable".
In a national televised address, King Abdullah said,
“We are going through scary days and unfortunately what happened at the United Nations is absolutely regrettable,”
“No matter how powerful, countries cannot rule the whole world,”
“The world is ruled by brains by justice, by morals and by fairness.”
The Saudi king's address comes as the Assad regime continues to face increasing international isolation.
Following on from the US, UK, EU and Gulf states, ejecting Syrian diplomats and ambassadors, Libya's new leaders gave Syria's charge d'affaires and his staff 72 hours to leave Tripoli.
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