Syria: Arab League turns to UN for help - Telegraph
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The White House has said it is "past time" for the UN Security Council to act, as "sniper fire, torture and murder" were continuing in Syria and the Arab League conditions for the regime have been dishonoured.
"We want to see the international community stand together united in support of the legitimate aspirations of the Syrian people," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.
But the Assad regime denounced the United States for "gross interference" in Arab League affairs and "an unjustified attempt to internationalise" the issue.
And, in bid to show it was implementing the Arab peace road map, it on Thursday announced the release of 552 prisoners, taking to almost 4,000 the number freed since the start of November.
The official SANA news agency said "552 prisoners involved in the latest events in Syria and who have no blood on their hands were released."
"The released persons are not involved in terrorist bloody acts of killings and explosions against Syrians," it said, adding 775 were freed last week and 2,645 during November.
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi has acknowledged that "there are still snipers" in Syria, but defended the monitors' mission for securing prisoner releases and removing tanks from the streets.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the deaths of 10 more civilians on Wednesday.
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