Arab League rebuffs Syrian bid to amend monitor plan
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Arab League said on Sunday it had rebuffed a request by Damascus to amend plans for a 500-strong monitoring mission to Syria, after President Bashar al-Assad vowed to continue his crackdown and said he would not surrender to outside pressure. Within hours of Assad ignoring a deadline to halt repression of protesters, two rocket-propelled grenades hit a major ruling party building in Damascus on Sunday, the first such reported attack by insurgents inside the capital since protests began. …
Arab League rebuffs Syrian bid to amend monitor plan
November 20, 2011 By