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The UK has withdrawn its diplomatic staff from Syria and closed the embassy in Damascus on security grounds, Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced.
Ambassador Simon Collis and his staff left Syria on Wednesday after it was decided the "deterioration in the security situation" had put their safety at risk.