11/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Further condemnation of violence. On Friday 8 July, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton condemned “the continued brutal crackdown against peaceful protesters” by the Syrian army. She also called on the Syrian authorities to put in place a “genuine national dialogue”, in which the opposition “must play a key role”. The current path of repression and violence “discredits the promises of the Syrian leadership and its legitimacy...