UN resolution could spur Syria War, Russia warns
The Western-Arab drive to adopt a UN resolution on Syria is a "path to civil war", Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov has warned.
He said demands for President Bashar al-Assad to stand down would "not lead to a search for compromise".
The resolution will be discussed at an imminent UN Security Council meeting on the deepening Syrian crisis.
The talks come after a day of particularly heavy bloodshed and with the army on the streets in Damascus.
More than 100 people were killed across the country on Monday, including 40 civilians, said activists.
It looks as though the violence in Syria could go on and on.
Any resolution that emerges from New York won't involve sanctions - it may not even involve outright condemnation of the government, because the Western powers are very keen to get the Russians and Chinese and others on board for some kind of international consensus.
It's hard to see how anything can come out of the UN - despite all the efforts and good will on the part of a lot of people - which could make much difference on the ground.
Another 30 people were killed on Tuesday, the Local Co-ordination Committee (LCC) said, including two children.
Such claims cannot be independently verified as the the BBC and other international media are severely restricted inside Syria.
On Saturday, the Arab League announced it was suspending its month-old monitoring mission in Syria because of an upsurge of violence.
The UN has conceded it cannot keep track of the escalating death toll, but estimates more than 5,400 people have been killed since the unrest began last March.
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague told the BBC that Russia would be increasingly isolated across the Arab World if it vetoed the UN resolution.
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