Members of the U.N. Security Council are confronting Russia over its refusal to back a proposed resolution calling for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Speaking before the Security Council, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged support for a resolution targeting the Assad regime.

Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State: “And we all have a choice: stand with the people of Syria and the region, or become complicit in the continuing violence there. To date, the evidence is clear that Assad’s forces are initiating nearly all of the attacks that kill civilians. But as more citizens take up arms to resist the regime’s brutality, violence is increasingly likely to spiral out of control.”