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The Syrian government's use of Scud missiles showed 'utter disregard' for the lives of Syrian people, said Rasmussen.
Updated : Dec 13, 2012, 07:53 PM IST
The head of NATO said on Thursday he thought the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was nearing collapse, even as he condemned the use by Assad's forces of Scud missiles to attack rebels.
"I think the regime in Damascus is approaching collapse," NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen told reporters after a meeting with Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
"I think now it is only a question of time." Rasmussen said the Syrian government's use of Scud missiles showed "utter disregard" for the lives of Syrian people.