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The US and the UK are just as determined as ever to remove Bashar Assad from power, but are unlikely to go for a full-scale military intervention – at least for now, RT reported.

This was the gist of the message from US President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron as they stood side-by-side before the White House press corps.

Cameron is on a three-day official visit to the United States, and the leaders were keen to reaffirm the two allies' “special relationship.”

The UK Prime Minister stated that he did not want to “foment revolution” in Syria. Obama echoed his words, fretting about a possible “civil war.” The President also said that the case for military intervention was not as clear-cut as during the Libyan uprising last year, and that it would be more difficult to get the international community to back intervention.

But despite renouncing the use of force for the moment, the two leaders are still clear about their desired outcome to the conflict.

"Assad will leave power, it's not a question of if, but when," Obama said.