Plea to Arab League to monitor Syrian flashpoints
- Published: 26/12/2011 at 04:32 AM
- Online news: World
The opposition Syrian National Council appealed on Sunday for the Arab League to send observers immediately to the besieged city of Homs and other hot spots of a bloody crackdown on dissent.
Syrian demonstrators living in Egypt hold Libya's new flag as they gather for a candlelight vigil in support of anti-government protesters in Syria near the Arab league headquarters in Cairo. The opposition Syrian National Council appealed on Sunday for the Arab League to send observers immediately to the besieged city of Homs and other hot spots of a bloody crackdown on dissent.
The call came a day before a first group of Arab League observers is set to arrive in Syria to begin monitoring a deal the 22-member bloc agreed with the government in Damascus aimed at ending more than nine months of violence.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
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