France, Germany and Britain moved Tuesday to expel Syria's diplomatic envoys in protest at the weekend massacre in the town of Houla, as other EU nations considered following suit.
Diplomatic sources said several EU nations were weighing a joint expulsion of Syria's ambassadors in response to the massacre in the central town, in which at least 108 people, including 49 children, were killed.
"That idea is on the table," said an EU diplomat ahead of talks Tuesday and Wednesday between ambassadors from the 27-nation bloc.
In Paris, President Francois Hollande told journalists that France's decision to expel Ambassador Lamia Shakkur, which would be formally communicated to her on Tuesday or Wednesday, was "not a unilateral decision by France, but a decision agreed upon with (our) partners."
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