Monday, December 5, 2011

Arab League rejects Assad’s terms as more people killed in Syria - Taiwan News Online

Arab League rejects Assad’s terms as more people killed in Syria - Taiwan News Online

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The Arab League said it won’t lift sanctions imposed on Syria">Syria, after President Bashar al-Assad’s government demanded the removal of the sanctions as a condition for admitting observers...At least 63 people were killed across the country over the weekend, according to Syria">Syrian human rights groups.

Seven people died on Monday in renewed violence, the Syria">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, according to the New York Times.

The Arab League has repeatedly extended deadlines in its efforts to mediate the Syria">Syrian conflict, now in its ninth month.

The league increased pressure on Assad on Nov 27, when it imposed sweeping sanctions that included banning senior Syria">Syrian officials from traveling to other Arab countries, freezing Syria">Syrian assets in Arab countries and halting financial operations with major Syria">Syrian banks. [ read more at link]

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