Cameron: Need to discuss Syria with Obama

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday toured a desert refugee camp for Syrian refugees in northern Jordan, before visiting an UN-run school. "Right here in Jordan I am hearing appalling stories about what has happened inside Syria so one of the first things I want to talk to Barack about is how we must do more to try and solve this crisis," he said in an official statement released in London. His comments came in a message of congratulations to US President Barack Obama on his re-election. Cameron took time to speak to some of the more than 36,000 Syrians housed in tents and caravans in the Zaatari refugee camp near the Syria border. The British Prime Minister arrived in Jordan on Tuesday night on the last station of a Middle East tour that also took him to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. On arriving at the camp early morning, Cameron headed to offices of the United Nations, which runs the camp, before touring the facility. Inside the school, a group of children sang to Cameron in Arabic. The Prime Minister left the camp after visiting the school and was later to hold talks with Jordan's King Abdullah II. The visit to the camp comes after Cameron said on Tuesday he would support granting President Bashar al-Assad a safe passage out of Syria to end the nation's bloodshed. Jordan says it is hosting more than 200,000 Syrian refugees, who have fled violence ravaging their homeland since a popular uprising erupted more than 19 months ago.