Cairo (ANTARA News/Xinhua-0ANA) - Syrian ambassador to Egypt Youssef el- Ahmed and his family left Cairo to Damascus on Thursday in response to Egypt`s decision to withdraw its ambassador to Syria, official news agency MENA reported.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr recalled ambassador to Syria on Feb. 19 due to escalation of violence in Syria.

Syria is facing more and more international pressure these days. Some Arab countries like Libya and Tunisia had withdrawn ambassadors to Syria.

The Arab League reached a resolution Feb. 12 saying that the Arab League had decided to tighten the economic sanction on Syria, calling the Arab countries to stop all diplomatic cooperation with those who representing the regime of Syria.(*)

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