UN chief calls for end to Syrian crackdown
Syrian government forces were gathering in Khan Sheikhun and Maarat al-Numan, a town
of 90,000 between Damascus and Aleppo. The growing intensity of Syria’s attempts to
end protests by force comes despite an increase in international appeals for an end
to violence and a start to talks aimed at real reform. U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on Thursday called on Syria's president to stop the bloodshed in his country
and engage in dialogue before it's too late. Various estimates say that as many as
1,400 civilians have been killed since March, when protests began against more than
four decades of rule by the family of incumbent President Bashar Assad. Listen to Chris Altieri's report:
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