Saudi Gazette - Syria opposition asks Arab League to pressure Assad

Saudi Gazette - Syria opposition asks Arab League to pressure Assad

clipped from article: Syria’s opposition is waging a diplomatic offensive to put pressure on the Arab League to take a tougher stance against the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad at its next meeting on November 11 and 12.
In a letter, the Syrian National Council (SNC) urged the pan-Arab bloc “to take a strong and effective position against the Syrian regime commensurate with the dangerous development of the situation in Syria, especially in ... Homs.”
The central city — Syria’s third-largest —has been at the forefront of the protest movement against Assad’s regime that erupted in mid-March and borne the brunt of a military crackdown on dissent and gunmen presumed to be defectors.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said five civilians were killed Monday alone during clashes in Homs. The Britain-based watchdog urged the Arab League to freeze Syria’s membership, impose economic and diplomatic sanctions, and seek the referral of allegations of genocide and other human rights violations by the regime to the International Criminal Court.

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