Arab League Chief Opposes Using Force in Syria

The Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said on Thursday he was opposed to violence or direct military intervention as a way to resolve the Syrian crisis, even after leading Gulf states pushed for arming the Syrian opposition. Saudi Arabia and Qatar have argued explicitly...

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Violence in Syria Uninterrupted on Eve of Referendum

Violence has not abated in Syria one day after 70 countries met in Tunisia and demanded a ceasefire and just a day before a constitutional referendum that the opposition sees as a thinly veiled maneuver from President Bashar Assad's regime. The Syrian Observatory for...

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