France calls for 'humanitarian corridors' in Syria - latimes.com
clipped from article: By Alexandra Zavis and Amro Hassan, Los Angeles Times
November 25, 2011
Reporting from Beirut and Cairo—
France is seeking international support for a proposal to establish "humanitarian corridors" in Syria to get aid to besieged areas of the country, where the government has turned its guns on protesters and armed insurgents demanding the ouster of President Bashar Assad.
In a radio interview Thursday with France Inter, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said he had raised the idea with the United Nations and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and would discuss it with Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo this week.
The Arab League, meanwhile, said it was giving Syria until Friday to sign an agreement to allow Arab monitors into the country or risk punishing sanctions. It was the latest in a series of ultimatums by the 22-member bloc, which is often criticized for being ineffective.
The league has suspended Syria for failing to comply with a peace plan calling for dialogue with the opposition and a withdrawal of government forces from cities and towns. Jordan, Turkey and a number of Western countries have called on Assad to step down. [ read more at link]
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