Feb. 12, 2012: In this citizen journalism image provide by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, an anti-Syrian regime man reacts in front of flames which rise from a burning shop damaged by Syrian government forces shelling, in Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs province, central Syria. (AP)
CAIRO – Egypt's foreign ministry says it is withdrawing its ambassador to Syria.
The Egyptian state news agency MENA said Foreign Minister Mohammed Amr decided Sunday during a meeting with Ambassador Shukri Ismael to keep the envoy in Cairo until further notice.
The report did not give a reason for the decision.
Violence has been spreading across Syria as originally peaceful protests seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad have escalated into increasingly armed insurrection.
Hundreds of Syrians protested in the capital Damascus on Saturday, an affront to the regime in one of its strongholds.
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