Qatar blasts world inaction on Syria

More than 100 people were reported killed Tuesday in widespread fighting across Syria, opposition groups said. The toll, which the Syrian Network for Human Rights said was 101 and included eight children, was reported as the four-day holiday cease-fire in Syria came to a close after repeated violations. The continued carnage led the emir of Qatar to blast the Syrian government for waging what he called a "war of extermination" against its own people, CNN said. The Qatar News Agency said Sheik Hamad bin Jassem al-Than told the al-Jazeera Arabic network Tuesday unnamed foreign governments were giving President Bashar Assad a free hand to carry out a ruthless campaign against the rebellion. "What is happening in Syria is not a civil war but genocide, a war of extermination with a license to kill by the Syrian government and the international community," said Hamad, who also acts as Qatar's foreign minister. "Everyone knows what the solution is and what the Syrian people want," Hamad added. "Everything that is happening now is a waste of time and just buying time to kill the Syrian people and to destroy the Syrian infrastructure." Hamad said he sensed a growing sense of urgency among Arab nations to intervene in Syria despite maneuvering on Assad's behalf in the United Nations by allies China and Russia. He also said he did not count on the United States to take any action until after the November presidential election.