Arab League ‘failure’ in Syria
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on the Arab League’s mission to Syria.
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Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on the Arab League’s mission to Syria.
As the Arab League tours Syria to assess whether the regime’s violent nine-month crackdown against protesters has ended, violence flares up across the country.
It’s fair to say that the Arab League observers have had a reasonable first day at the office. They have made it to the hotspot of Homs and it is reported that a team will remain in the town overnight, writes Alex Thomson.
As Arab League monitors complete the first day of their tour of Homs, a Syria blogger tells Channel 4 News “all sides are trying to make political capital” as civil war unfolds.
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As Syrian troops continue their bloody crackdown on protesters in Homs, a human rights group tells Channel 4 News that Syria “will be suspended from the Arab League” at talks on Saturday.
Security forces have killed 17 people in Homs, one day after the Syrian government struck a deal with the Arab League to end the violence. Activists tell Channel 4 that “violence is escalating”.
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