British Prime Minister David Cameron has stated that more must be done to help Syrian opposition forces, as he admitted that President Assad's government had been getting 'stronger' in recent months.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, the Prime Minister stated that the situation in Syria was "a very depressing picture" and the country was on "the wrong trajectory".
Whilst slamming President Assad as "a evil man", Cameron went on to add that there was "too much extremism" amongst the Syrian opposition. However, he continued,
"You do have problems with part of the opposition which is extreme, that we should have nothing to do with. But that is not a reason for pulling up the drawbridge, putting our head in the sand and doing nothing."
"What we should be doing is working with international partners to help the millions of Syrians who want to have a free democratic Syria, who want to see that country have some form of success."
BBC world affairs correspondent Emily Buchanan commented,
"Although the prime minister still wants to help moderate forces, how that can be achieved is far from clear. He called the conflict a stalemate.
With Russia still supporting President Assad, so too it seems is Western policy on Syria".