Syria Says It Will Allow Arab Observer Mission, with Caveats
BEIRUT, Lebanon —
air max shoes Syria said Monday it would agree to allow an Arab mission of military and civilian observers into the country as part of an Arab League proposal to end months of bloodshed there, but attached a number of conditions, among them the cancelation of economic sanctions decreed by the league.
The Arab League has repeatedly extended deadlines to Syria in its efforts to mediate the Syrian conflict, the greatest challenge to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Syria agreed on Nov. 2 to a league- air max sale brokered plan to end the crackdown and begin negotiations. But in following days, little changed on the ground, and the League suspended Syria’s membership last month. The step that was especially symbolic given Syria’s own sense of itself as an axis of Arab politics and the region’s diplomacy.
At least 63 people were killed across the country over the weekend, according to Syrian human rights groups. One of those groups, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that seven people died on Monday in renewed violence. It also said that four members of Syria’s security forces, including an officer, were killed in the southern province of Dara’a when army defectors shot at them as they were standing in front of a courthouse there.
At least 63 people were killed across the country over the weekend, according to Syrian human rights groups. One of those groups, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said that seven people died on Monday in renewed violence. It also said that four members of Syria’s security forces, including an officer, were killed in the southern province of Dara’a when army defectors shot at them as they were standing in front of a courthouse there.
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