Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad in Talbiseh near Homs. REUTERS/Shaam News Network
Syria Peace Plan In Disarray As Bashar al-Assad Regime Backs Away From Troop Withdrawal -- The Telegraph
President Bashar al-Assad's government backed away from a pledge to complete a troop withdrawal before Tuesday's deadline as the opposition claimed more than 1,000 people had been killed since a UN-backed ceasefire deal was struck.
Syria’s foreign ministry defiantly claimed that a previous government commitment to halt the fighting by April 10th had been “misinterpreted” by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League special envoy who drafted the ceasefire plan.
Taking Mr Annan by surprise, officials in Damascus announced that a withdrawal of government troops and tanks from population centres would only take place if rebel forces guaranteed in writing that they would lay down their arms.
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