Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Top Arab diplomat flies to Syria with ultimatum for Assad

Top Arab diplomat flies to Syria with ultimatum for Assad

Clip from article:

Arab League chief Nabil al-Araby flies to Damascus on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to resolve Syria's political crisis amid mounting criticism of the Arab governments for failing to end a bloody government crackdown on protesters demanding democratic reforms in Syria.

Last week the League's Council asked Araby to convey to Assad an Arab plan to resolving the country's six-month old crisis.

Araby told reporters Tuesday that his discussions with President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallam will focus on diplomatic efforts to end the turmoil in Syria.

"The outcome [of the discussions] will determine if that will be Syria's last chance or not," he said. He did not elaborate further or divulge details of the Arab plan. [ read more at link ]

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