The New York Times reports that the Kuwaiti and Saudi ambassadors have been recalled from Syria:

The king of Saudi Arabia lashed out at the Syrian government on Monday, recalling its ambassador from Damascus and issuing a harshly worded statement calling on President Bashar al-Assad to stop “the killing machine and end the bloodshed.”
The Saudi statement, published in King Abdullah’s name and read on Saudi state television on Monday, was among the strongest condemnations yet of Syria by an Arab government and ratcheted up the pressure on Mr. Assad to end a brutal five-month-old crackdown on protesters.
Later Monday, Kuwait said it had joined Saudi Arabia in recalling its ambassador to Syria, adding that ministers from the Gulf countries would soon meet to discuss the situation in Syria, Reuters reported.

The recalls accompanied a Saudi Arabian condemnnation of Syria, a move which will undoubtedly ratchet up the pressure on Assad. There is, however, no word that the United States has plans to remove its ambassador. For a nation which champions human freedom, it is at the very least awkward to be trailing behind the Saudi regime.