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Eugene

(61,963 posts) Sun Feb 12, 2012, 01:24 PM Feb 2012

Syria unrest: Arab League 'seeks peacekeeping mission'

Source: BBC

12 February 2012 Last updated at 17:10 GMT

Syria unrest: Arab League 'seeks peacekeeping mission'

The Arab League is calling for a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission to end the 11-month conflict in Syria.

In a resolution agreed by its foreign ministers and seen by news agencies, it scrapped its observer team, suspended last month as violence increased.

The League said it was ending all diplomatic co-operation with Syria and urging contacts with the opposition.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17004530

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Syria unrest: Arab League 'seeks peacekeeping mission' (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2012 OP

Damascus "categorically rejected" the resolution, a Syrian envoy said. dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #1

"Predominantly"is putting it mildly. Only two members - Iraq and Lebanon - are not ruled by Fool Count Feb 2012 #2

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

1. Damascus "categorically rejected" the resolution, a Syrian envoy said.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2012, 03:01 PM

Feb 2012

same link now updated.

Hardly surprising given that the Arab League is predominantly Sunni.

Fool Count

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2. "Predominantly"is putting it mildly. Only two members - Iraq and Lebanon - are not ruled by