Updated: 2012-12-06 08:59

WASHINGTON - A US government spokesman (click here) said Wednesday that Washington is aware of the informal offers by some countries to give asylum to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"We do understand that some countries both in the region and elsewhere have offered to host Assad and his family should they choose to leave Syria," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner at a regular news briefing.

"We, at this point, don't have any formal understanding or knowledge of concrete offers, we are aware that some offers have been made informally," he told reporters....