Arab Monitors Head to Bloodbath Homs - Middle East - News - OnIslam.net
clip from article: DAMASCUS – A group of Arab league peace monitors headed on Tuesday, December 27, to the flashpoint city of Homs to assess whether Syria has halted its nine-month crackdown on protests, following reports that 31 people had been killed in 24 hours in and around the city.
"We are on our way to Homs, we are about to arrive," Sudanese General Mustafa al-Dabi, who is heading the monitoring mission, told Reuters by telephone.
The mission, which arrived in Syria late on Monday, is the first international intervention on the ground in Syria since the revolt broke out and the government cracked down on the protests, inspired by uprisings across the Arab world.
It came as part of an Arab plan endorsed by Syria on November 2 that calls for the withdrawal of security forces from towns and residential districts, a halt to violence against civilians and the release of detainees.
Moreover, the monitors will be assigned to check prisons, hospitals and open dialogue with the Syrian government’s opponents.
The mission includes 150 Arab observers of which 50 so far are in Syria. They will split into five teams of 10 each.
Ahead of the observers’ arrival, the Syrian army pulled back heavy armor from the Baba Amro neighborhood of the city, scene of much of the violence, a human rights watchdog said.[read more at link]
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