Thursday, January 5, 2012

Free Syrian Army urges Arabs to seek UN help | The Jakarta Globe

Free Syrian Army urges Arabs to seek UN help | The Jakarta Globe

clipped from article: "Authorities, for example, transferred prison inmates to army barracks where the observers are not allowed according to the protocol," said Asaad.

"Military vehicles are painted blue and identified as 'anti-terrorist police' to make believe that it's the police" that is battling what the regime calls "armed gangs," he said.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey Feltman, US assistant secretary of state for Near East Affairs, held talks with League officials in Cairo about the crisis which the UN estimates has killed more than 5,000 people since March.

There was more bloodshed on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.

At least 11 people were killed, nine of them shot by regime forces in a village east of the protest hub of Deir Ezzor, a statement said.

With violence continuing unabated, two leading opposition groups have agreed to resolve a rift and unite against Assad's regime, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said after talks with the two in Brussels.

Reynders said divisions were "playing in the hands of the Syrian regime," and urged a "unified opposition platform" between the Syrian National Council (SNC) and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria (NBC), his office said.

Last week the SNC and NCB inked an agreement outlining a "transitional period" should Assad's regime be toppled. But on Tuesday the SNC said in a Facebook posting that the document "conflicts" with its political programme.

Also on Thursday, Assad's regime said it released 552 people detained for involvement in the unrest, taking to almost 4,000 the number freed since the start of November in line with Arab League demands.[ exactly what I was thinking ... read more at link]

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