The emir of Qatar called on Arab nations Tuesday to form a political and military coalition to intervene in Syria to stop the bloodshed there, posing a direct challenge to U.N. efforts to resolve the conflict through negotiations.
"We have used all available means to get Syria out of the cycle of killing, but that was in vain," the emir, Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani, said in an address to the U.N. General Assembly. "In view of this, I think it is better for the Arab countries themselves to interfere out of their national, humanitarian, political and military duties and do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria."
The appeal, which received a cool reception from the Obama administration, was part of a broader effort by the Persian Gulf nation to press for an intervention in Syria in the hope of ultimately persuading the United States, as well as European powers, to participate in a military overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad, possibly after the U.S. election in November.
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