Arab League Chief Calls For Cease-fire In Syria |
clip from article: CAIRO — The Arab League chief says Syrian forces continue to shoot protesters despite the presence of monitors from the organization and calls for a complete cease-fire.
Nabil Elaraby, addressing a news conference on Monday, also called on the opposition and ordinary Syrians to aid the observers by sending them names of relatives or friends they think are detained.
Syrian security forces walk towards anti-regime protesters in Homs Photo: AFP/GETTY
At least 150 people have been killed since the observers began their mission last Tuesday to verify the compliance of President Bashar Assad’s regime with an Arab League peace plan aimed at ending the regime’s 9-month-old crackdown on anti-government protesters. Assad agreed to the plan on Dec. 19. [read more at link]
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