According to reports, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has urged the international community on September 7 to intervene immediately to “rescue” the Syrian people from their government’s “oppression”. GCC Secretary General Abdul Lateef Al Zayani said, “The genocide, and grave human rights violations faced by the Syrian people necessitate an immediate intervention by the international community.” A statement from GCC noted, “The intervention would aim to “rescue the brotherly Syrian people from the oppression of its regime, and bring its suffering to an end.” Al Zayani further emphasised that “The Syrian regime is fully responsible for what is happening in Syria, for rejecting all attempts to solve the crisis, and continuing to practise killing and destruction, including the use of chemical weapons” and added that “Gulf nations support international measures to “deter the Syrian regime from committing its inhumane practices.” 1

• 1. “GCC urges intervention to ‘rescue Syrians’”, Gulf News, September 7, 2013, at http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/gcc-urges-intervention-to-rescue-s...