The Syrian government called for Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to step down Wednesday amid massive protests, Reuters reported. Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s administration has spent two years attempting to suppress an ongoing uprising calling for his own ouster. Upwards of 93,000 people were killed in the Syrian conflict as of June according to a United Nations report.
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