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Arab ministers to discuss “toothless” Syria mission

Arab ministers to discuss “toothless” Syria mission

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 [...]

Arab League monitors demand that Syria remove snipers from rooftops

Arab League monitors demand that Syria remove snipers from rooftops

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 [...]

Syrian government forces kill 22 protesters

Syrian government forces kill 22 protesters

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 [...]

Arab League monitors head to Syrian opposition stronghold

Arab League monitors head to Syrian opposition stronghold

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 [...]