Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 3, 2011



Arab League Calls Emergency Syria Meeting -- Al Jazeera

Bloc to discuss preliminary assessment from monitors following reports that Syrian forces are still killing protesters.

The Arab League has called for an emergency meeting to discuss a preliminary report from monitors in Syria following allegations that security forces are still killing anti-government protesters despite the observers' presence.

Ahmed bin Heli, the Arab League deputy secretary-general, said on Tuesday that the meeting would take place on Saturday in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The meeting will bring together Nabil El-Araby, the Arab League secretary-general, and the foreign ministers of Egypt, Sudan, Algeria, Qatar and Oman, sources inside the organisation said.

There are about 100 Arab League monitors in Syria, dispatched to verify the government's compliance with a plan to stop its crackdown on dissent.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Arab League Calls Syria Monitor Meeting -- Time/AP
Arab League to Hold Review Session on Syria Observers' Work -- Voice of America

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