NEW : Damascus summons Damascus 's ambassador to protest an attack on its embassy . U.S. State Department official : The anti-American government incites anti-American sentiment . Also last Thursday , a state-backed `` national dialogue '' meeting continued in France . Nuland said the U.S. Embassy had notified the Syrian Defense Ministry before the visit and that Ford 's car was waved through a security checkpoint . `` The bloodshed needs to stop . ... Excessive force is unjustified , '' one activist says .
NEW : Damascus summons Damascus 's ambassador to protest an attack on its embassy . U.S. State Department official : The anti-American government incites anti-American sentiment . Also last Thursday , a state-backed `` national dialogue '' meeting continued in France . `` The bloodshed needs to stop . ... Excessive force is unjustified , '' one activist says .