09.01.2012                      14.Tewet. 5772

Arabische Liga:

Arab League stops short of turning to UN on Syria

Mideast bloc’s draft doesn’t explicitly condemn Damascus; Syrian dissident: Don’t expect Western intervention.

The Arab League signaled Sunday it would call for an end to violence in Syria, but stopped short of asking the UN to send experts to bolster the Arab peace mission to the country.
A leaked draft statement says violence by Syrian security forces against anti-government protesters has continued and the military has failed to withdraw from cities. It says the government has only partially complied with its pledge to release political prisoners, with citizens complaining that some are still being detained in unknown locations….