Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 3, 2011



Arab League Calls Emergency Syria Meeting -- Al Jazeera

Bloc to discuss preliminary assessment from monitors following reports that Syrian forces are still killing protesters.

The Arab League has called for an emergency meeting to discuss a preliminary report from monitors in Syria following allegations that security forces are still killing anti-government protesters despite the observers' presence.

Ahmed bin Heli, the Arab League deputy secretary-general, said on Tuesday that the meeting would take place on Saturday in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The meeting will bring together Nabil El-Araby, the Arab League secretary-general, and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Qatar and Oman, sources inside the organisation said.

There are about 100 Arab League monitors in Syria, dispatched to verify the government's compliance with a plan to stop its crackdown on dissent.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Arab League Calls Syria Monitor Meeting -- Time/AP
Arab League to Hold Review Session on Syria Observers' Work -- Voice of America
Syria killings: Arab League defends monitors' work -- SFGate/AP
Arab League, dissidents disagree on progress in Syria -- L.A. Times
Syria monitors still have many roads to go down -- Reuters
Syria activists say Arab mission 'unprofessional' -- AFP
In Syria, Arab League monitors learn along the way -- DAWN/AP
Syria: How the Arab League's Monitors are on Mission: Impossible -- Rania Abouzeid, Time

Syrian rebels threaten to escalate attacks if peace monitors don’t impress -- National Post
Syria pipeline attacked amid ongoing killing -- CNN
Syria pipeline explodes as Arab League mission limps on -- Christian Science Monitor
Syrian army deserters 'kill 18' -- BBC
Syrian army deserters kill 18, activist group says -- Reuters
Syrian rebel leader threatens to escalate attacks -- Reuters

France: President Assad is guilty of Syria massacres and 'must leave power' -- MSNBC
Syria’s Assad must quit after 'massacres' committed by his regime: Sarkozy -- Toronto Star/AP
Syria: Nicolas Sarkozy demands Bashar al-Assad step down after 'disgusting' massacres -- The Telegraph
France sceptical of Arab League mission to Syria -- AFP

Report: Assad to meet Hamas leadership
-- YNet News
Syria opposition leader: In post-Assad era, Damascus would likely end its alliance with Iran -- Haaretz
U.S. envoy to Syria appalled by violence -- UPI
Growing protests mean Syrian president 'has only weeks left' -- Daily Mail
Israel worried Syria weapons going to terrorists -- Jerusalem Post

The usual suspects beat the war drums over Syria, but the West won't be drawn in -- Michael Burleigh, Daily Mail
Mass murder in Syria, inaction by Obama -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
About Those Suicide Bombers -- Michael Totten, PJMedia
Suspicious “Suicide Bombings” in Syria -- Michael Weiss, World Affairs

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