Washington: The US is mulling over to close its embassy in Damascus over increasing safety concerns as the death toll rises in the Bashar al-Assad crackdown on pro-democracy protests, new agencies reported.
“We have serious concerns about the deteriorating security situation in Damascus, including the recent spate of car bombs, and about the safety and security of embassy personnel,” Â US States department said in a statement issued here on Friday.
The State Department said they had requested that the government of Syria to take additional security measures to protect US embassy, and the Syrian government was considering the request.
It added that the US had also advised the Syrian government that unless concrete steps were taken in the coming days Washington might have no choice but to close the mission in the country.
However, it said that no final decision has been made.
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