UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan told the UN Security Council today that the crisis in Syria will "spiral out of control" if international pressure does not produce quick results, diplomats said.
Annan renewed calls for the major powers to warn President Bashar al-Assad of "clear consequences" if he does not comply with Annan's six-point peace plan, one diplomat inside a closed-door council briefing told AFP.
"The longer we wait, the darker the future looks for Syria," the international envoy also told the 15-member council, another diplomat quoted Annan as saying.
UN leader Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that heavy weapons, armor-piercing bullets and surveillance drones have been used against UN observers in Syria to hamper their efforts to monitor the worsening conflict.
Diplomats inside the briefing on Syria quoted Ban as saying the tactics had been used to try to force the unarmed monitors to withdraw from areas where government forces have been accused of staging attacks.
