Arab League gives Syria deadline to end violence

04.12.2011                      08.Kislev. 5772

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Arab League gives Syria deadline to end violence

Arab foreign ministers confirm sanctions against Assad regime, freezing officials' assets and banning travel.

The Arab League gave Syria until Sunday to sign an initiative to end its military crackdown on nearly a year of pro-democracy protests, Qatar's foreign minister said on Saturday.
"There has been some communication with the Syrians. If they want to come (and sign) tomorrow they can," said Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, speaking in Doha after a meeting of an Arab foreign ministers committee tasked with following up on the Syrian crisis….