Syria Again Ignores Arab League Deadline To Allow Observers -- L.A. Times
The group had warned of more severe sanctions unless a deal was signed Sunday. Syria says it is concerned about the number of monitors and how they would operate.
Reporting from Beirut—
Syria on Sunday ignored another Arab League deadline to accept observers, saying it was still negotiating details of the mission to monitor a plan aimed at ending months of bloodshed.
Arab foreign ministers had warned that they would soon tighten sanctions against President Bashar Assad's increasingly isolated regime unless a protocol for the observer mission was signed Sunday. Syrian officials maintain that they are committed to the league-negotiated plan signed last month, but have expressed concerns about the number of monitors that would be deployed and how they would operate.
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