Barack V Bashar ?
The Pentagon is preparing options for Syria, reports from US said.
US President Barack Obama recently said Syrian President Bashar Assad "must step aside and allow a democratic transition to proceed immediately." In an interview with NBC aired Sunday, the US president put importance on resolving the situation in Syria "without recourse to outside military intervention."
Thousands have died in the fighting.
At the United Nations Russia & China vetoed an Arab league plan for Syria.
BBC reporter on the ground near the city of Homs says the city is under heavy attack from the Syrian Arab Army.
