UN must intervene in Syria

The bloody repression of the demonstrations in Syria has once more put in question the legitimacy of Bashar al-Assad's regime, the left liberal daily Le Monde writes, and calls for UN intervention: "The Easter uprising in the city of Daraa and the massive attacks on the population with soldiers and tanks show that the young Alawite generals are following in the footsteps of their fathers. The official explanation is that the army intervened at the request of the population to neutralise terrorists. Damascus even had the border with Jordan closed to support the theory of foreign incitement. A foreign conspiracy, a refusal to carry out reforms or to engage in dialogue: all the elements of a bloody scenario for securing the power of the Alawitic regime are in place. The declarations and threats of sanctions by the Western community are insufficient. What is needed is a new UN resolution on an intervention, even if it is unlikely to come."

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