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The U.N. chief demanded Sunday that Syria’s president stop killing his own people and said the “old order” of one-man rule and family dynasties is over in the Middle East. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivering the keynote address at a conference in Beirut on democracy in the Arab world, said the revolutions of the Arab Spring [...]
Arab League foreign ministers meet on Sunday to discuss whether to ask the U.N. to help their mission in Syria, which has failed to end a 10-month-old crackdown on unrest that has killed thousands. Qatar proposes inviting U.N. technicians and human rights experts to help Arab monitors judge whether Syria is honouring its pledge to [...]
Syria pressed on with a crackdown on dissent after Qatar’s premier suggested that United Nations assistance is needed to improve the Arab League’s monitoring of government compliance with a plan to end the violence. “This is the first time the Arab League is involved in sending monitors, and there are some mistakes,” Qatari Prime Minister [...]
The Arab League observer mission charged with helping bring about an end to the violence in Syria claimed several accomplishments on Monday, noting that the government has withdrawn tanks and artillery from cities, and has released nearly 3,500 prisoners. But as the killings have continued, the mission has been mired in controversy, much of it [...]
Activists in Idlib say that Syrian army hid tanks as a team of Arab League observers visited the province. Arab League peace observers, inspecting hotspots across Syria, have called on the government to remove “immediately” snipers from rooftops of buildings, a source close to the delegation told dpa on Saturday. “The observers saw the snipers [...]
Civil rights activists say Syrian government forces loyal to President Bashar Assad killed at least 22 people, most of them shot dead during the anti-government demonstrations across the country. In the largest protests Syria has seen in months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday to show an Arab League observer mission [...]
Syrian activists have called for massive street demonstrations on Friday against President Bashar al-Assad, as Arab observers continue their mission. Correspondents say the presence of the monitors has emboldened the protesters, despite further killings. Up to 40 died on Thursday, activists said, mostly after security forces shot at crowds gathered in areas expecting a visit [...]
A fact-finding team is expected to travel Thursday to the Syrian opposition stronghold of Daraa where it will monitor an Arab League initiative that calls for President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces to end a violent crackdown on anti-government groups. The trip follows mounting criticism from opposition groups over the selection of a Sudanese military commander [...]
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