Syria Still Cracking Down On Protests After Pledge To Arab League

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First Posted: 19/11/11 23:25 Updated: 19/11/11 23:32

Guardian:

Syrian troops have stormed a central town and a north-western region in search of regime opponents, activists said, a day after the government agreed in principle to allow the Arab League to send observers to oversee a peace plan proposed by the 22-member bloc.

The attacks on the town of Shezar in the central province of Hama and on the restive Jabal al-Zawiya region near the Turkish border came as pressure mounted on Damascus to end its eight-month crackdown on anti-government protesters.

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Syrian troops have stormed a central town and a north-western region in search of regime opponents, activists said, a day after the government agreed in principle to allow the Arab League to send obse...
Syrian troops have stormed a central town and a north-western region in search of regime opponents, activists said, a day after the government agreed in principle to allow the Arab League to send obse...
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TJHorne
Veritas Lux Mea
06:38 on 21/11/2011
Send more weapons to the peaceful protesters in Syria, it worked in Libya.