Arab states back Syria peace plan

Arab League leaders have called for the immediate implementation of a joint plan with the UN to end a year of violence in Syria.

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the plan, state media report, but says "terrorism" must stop as well.

Earlier, Iraq's PM Nouri al-Maliki warned that arming either side in Syria would lead to a "proxy war".

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Syria Agrees to Arab League deal to allow observers

[ via The Independent ] 19 Dec

Syria signed an Arab League initiative yesterday that will allow observers into the country as part of an effort to end the nation's increasingly bloody nine-month crisis. But the main opposition group accused the regime of stalling.

The regime's acceptance of Arab observers came after a warning from Arab leaders that they would turn to the UN Security Council to try to end President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown that the UN says has killed at least 5,000 people.

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Cracks in Arab League over Syria

Full Story: Dawn News 15 Nov

Saturday’s vote of the Arab League to suspend Syria from the League over its lethal crackdown on protests seems to have created cracks in the 22 member bloc as there have been dissenting voices being raised since then.

Now as per an official spokesman, the Arab League is to hold a fresh meeting of foreign ministers of the League on Syria on Wednesday at Rabat, Morocco, to "re-assess" its Saturday's decision.

Meanwhile, Assad’s exiled uncle and the former deputy president Rifaat, proposed Sunday that:

"Arab countries negotiate a deal with Damascus that guarantees the president’s security “to allow him to resign. The regime is ready to leave, but it wants guarantees, not only for its members but also that there will not be civil war after its departure.”

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Arab League suspends Syrian membership

Full Story: Express Tribune 12 November 2011

The Arab League suspended Syria’s membership and called on its army to stop killing civilians in a surprise move that turned up the heat on President Bashar al-Assad.

The League will impose economic and political sanctions on Assad’s government and has appealed to member states to withdraw their ambassadors from Damascus.

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