Japan closes its embassy in Syria amid violence

Other media sources are describing the 'anti-government protesters" as professional foreign mercenaries.

Which is true? And how do the protesters get their weapons and a steady supply of ammunition?

At least it's clear which side Japan is on.

Baby Assad doesn't need all this aggravation, lol.

Who cares whether it's another Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq or Afghanistan? It's time Japan put some backbone in its foreign policy.

Thanks Russia and China. Really, thanks for propping up the dictator (or dictatrix, if her claim is true). I'm sure you are following Spike Lee and are "doing the right thing". I'm sure neither one of you would take people's dire situation and turn it into a personal issue to show the EU and the US that you don't feel obliged follow their lead. No one would be that callous and machiavellian.