"Britain, France and the United States said they were working to introduce a United Nations Security Council "
Still nothing then - wonder if they's have waited for 18 months and watched so many people meing killed if it had been a threat to their oil supplies
Don't bother to answer; it was arhetorical question.
"It's a divided society,"
No excuse for the inaction that has failed to take even humanitarian steps to intervene - this has now moved into ethnic cleansing - I seem to remember that somebody is being tried for this at the present time.
Jim Carroll

"According to various sources, including the United Nations, up to 14,005–19,770 people have been killed, of which about half were civilians, but also including 6,195–6,770 armed combatants from both sides[25][39][40][41] and up to 1,400 opposition protesters.[22] Many more have been injured, and tens of thousands of protesters have been imprisoned. According to the Syrian government, 10,042–10,346 people, including 3,615 members of the security forces, 2,855–3,160 insurgents and up to 3,600 civilians, have been killed in fighting with what they characterize as "armed terrorist groups."[31] To escape the violence, thousands of Syrian refugees have fled the country to neighboring Jordan,[42] Lebanon and Turkey.[43] The total official UN numbers of Syrian refugees reached 42,000 on April,[44] while unofficial estimates on 1 June stood at as many as 180,000."