ARAB League News, Mar 30, 2012

Recommended: UN orders immediate Syria cease-fire: 'The deadline is now' msnbc.com For the first time since 1990, Arab League countries meet in Iraq's capital, but only half of the members showed up to discuss a UN proposal for Syria. NBC's Duncan Golestani reports. "If you read the agreement...it specifically asks the government to ... See all stories on this topic »

Amid Fresh Syrian Clashes, Annan Demands Ceasefire Voice of America March 30, 2012 Amid Fresh Syrian Clashes, Annan Demands Ceasefire VOA News UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says the Syrian government must immediately implement a cease-fire and stop its attacks on opposition groups, as fresh clashes broke out across ... See all stories on this topic »

Arab summit a symbolic win for Iraq, but with no breakthrough on Syria Boston Herald Ten of the Arab League's 22 member nations sent a head of state to the summit, most notably Kuwait, whose emir traded ceremonial kisses with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a rapprochement that comes two decades after Saddam Hussein invaded that ... See all stories on this topic »

Clinton in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria crisis Springfield News-Leader Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the League of Arab States Ahmad al-Qattan, center, attends the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 29, 2012. The annual Arab summit meeting opened in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday ... See all stories on this topic »

Fewer than half of Arab League leaders attend Iraq summit USA TODAY The summit is the first held by the 22-member League since theArab Spring revolts began sweeping through the region more than a year ago. The turmoil forced the cancellation of last year's summit. Since then, four perennials of the summit have been ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Radical Jews join anti-Israel Jordan rally Ynetnews Increased security presence was reported in the area. According to reports, participants were yelling "where is the Arab Leagueon Jerusalem?" and waving Jordanian and Palestinian flags alongside signs with anti-Israeli slogans. See all stories on this topic » Ynetnews

Activists: Fresh clashes erupt in Syria Atlanta Journal Constitution Syrian President Bashar Assad says he will spare no effort to make the mission of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan a success but he demands that armed opponents commit to halting violence. (AP Photo/Syria Media Center via APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ... See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

Arab League backs Annan's Syria plan at Baghdad summit BBC News Arab League leaders have called for the immediate implementation of a joint plan with the UN to end a year of violence in Syria. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the plan, state media report, but says "terrorism" must stop as well. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Syrian rebels step up attacks, kidnap air force general Boston Globe BEIRUT - Syrian rebels seemed to intensify attacks on individual members of President Bashar Assad's security forces Thursday with state media reporting that insurgents kidnapped an air force general near Damascus while gunmen in the northern city of ... See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

Activists report fresh clashes as Syrian soldiers, rebels battle in northern ... 680 News On Friday, activists reported clashes in the northern Idlib province and the restive central province of Homs. There was no immediate word on casualties. At an Arab League summit in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and ... See all stories on this topic »

Sunni rulers largely shun Iraq at Arab summit The Associated Press By HAMZA HENDAWI, AP – 3 hours ago BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni Muslim rulers largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shiite-led Iraq on Thursday, illustrating how powerfully the sectarian split and the rivalry with Iran define Middle Eastern politics ... See all stories on this topic » The Associated Press

More violence in Syria kills at least 19 UPI.com In a statement issued Thursday, the Local Coordinating Committees, a coalition of opposition groups inside Syria, complained opponents of Assad weren't represented at an Arab League meeting in Baghdad. The "Friends of Syria" coalition plans to meet in ... See all stories on this topic » UPI.com

Syria's Assad Demands Rebels Cease 'Terrorist Acts' PBS NewsHour Arab League leaders gathered in Baghdad for the first time in decades Thursday to attend a summit where UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to translate his commitments to peace into action. See all stories on this topic »

Annan urges Syrian regime to lay down arms first Sacramento Bee By JOHN HEILPRIN AP GENEVA -- UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan is urging the Syrian government to lay down its weapons first in order to immediately end the nation's crisis, an official said Friday. Annan is seeking support for his six-point peace plan ... See all stories on this topic »

Assad says foreign aid to rebels must stop under peace plan Reuters Arab leaders at a summit in Baghdad endorsed the peace plan floated by Annan, the special UN and Arab League envoy on Syria, and - betraying skepticism about Assad's commitment -- called for it to be implemented "immediately and completely". See all stories on this topic »

Clashes erupt in Syria, activists say, as leaders meet in Saudi Arabia for talks CNN The fresh fighting cast more doubt on the peace plan brokered by Annan, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria. Al-Assad accepted the terms of the plan Tuesday, but the violence has persisted. Security forces stormed cities Friday in Homs ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria and Middle East live: Land Day demos in West Bank The Guardian (blog) However, the Syrian opposition - at least part of it - appears to have given up on their fellow Arabs, following this week's Arab League meeting. This video, trailing today's protests, is titled "Friday of our disappointment in Arabs and Muslims. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

Syria in turmoil as Annan urges ceasefire Bangkok Post Activists, meanwhile, appealed for more mass demonstrations to denounce Arab states for "abandoning" protesters by not backing calls to send arms to rebels fighting Assad's forces. UN-Arab League peacebroker Annan's ceasefire appeal came as monitors ... See all stories on this topic »

Assad backs Annan peace plan Channel News Asia On the ground, monitors reported that 36 people were killed in violence across the country, while the United Nations said at least one million Syrians were in dire need of need humanitarian assistance. Assad stressed the UN-Arab League envoy's plan ... See all stories on this topic »

Annan demands Syrian government begins ceasefire 'now' DigitalJournal.com Geneva - According to BBC News, the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, expects the Syrian government to implement his six-point peace plan immediately. "The deadline is now," Ahmed Fawzi, Annan's spokesman, told reporters in Geneva. See all stories on this topic »

Arab League: Carry Out, Monitor Syria Sanctions TrustLaw In December, 120 Arab and international civil society organizations called for the Arab League to form a panel of experts to monitor and report on the effective enforcement of sanctions. They also called on each individual Arab government to report on ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria's Assad says he'll stop fighting when rebels do Toronto Star Last year, Assad agreed to an Arab League-brokered peace plan similar to Annan's, pledging to work with observers who travelled to Syria. But the regime failed to pull its tanks from towns and cities, saying the country was under attack from the armed ... See all stories on this topic » Toronto Star

Still Wounded, Baghdad Hosts Arab Summit WYSO For the first time in more than two decades, the Arab League is meeting in Baghdad. Little in the way of major policy is expected to come out of tomorrow's summit, but as NPR's Kelly McEvers reports, after years of violence and war, it's a marvel the ... See all stories on this topic »

Homs shelling continues, Annan spokesman says 'deadline is now' for ... GlobalPost (Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images) BEIRUT, Lebanon — Shelling continued today across Syria despite reports that the government accepted a six-point peace plan proposed by Kofi Annan, the joint United Nations-Arab Leagueenvoy to the embattled country, ... See all stories on this topic »

Return to North-South War Will Cost Over $100 Billion - Activists AllAfrica.com Juba — If recent large scale clashes between South Sudan and Sudan trigger a return to war, it would cause loses of $100 billion to the region in addition to incalculable human costs, a coalition of African and Arab civil society organisations have ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria forces shell Homs as fighting rages: NGO Focus News The latest violence across Syria killed at least five people, all but one of them civilians, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It came after President Bashar al-Assad accepted UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan, stressing in a ... See all stories on this topic »

Violence grips Syria as Arab leaders mull peace plan Trend.az At least 21 people, including two high-ranking army officers, were reportedly killed Thursday in violence across Syria, while the country's crisis was dominating an Arab League summit being held in Iraq, DPA reported. Syrian rebels intensified their ... See all stories on this topic » Trend.az

Activists: Fresh clashes erupt in northern Syria Newsday At an Arab League summit in the Iraqi capital, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby discussed the Syrian crisis and Annan's mission and they agreed "that it was imperative for president Assad to match his ... See all stories on this topic » Newsday

Clinton Talks Syrian Diplomacy with Saudi Officials Voice of America Clinton's two-day visit to the Saudi capital is aimed at forging a consensus between the US and Arab Gulf states on how to deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown on dissent. Saudi state televisionreports showed Clinton meeting ... See all stories on this topic »

Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis CBS News International opponents of Assad are struggling to pin down a strategy on Syria as a peace plan put forward by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has so far failed to get off the ground. Syria has accepted the six-point plan, which includes a call for it ... See all stories on this topic » CBS News

Arab League Snubs Iraq at Opening of Summit - World - CBN News ... Mideast countries are criticizing Iraq as it hosts the Arab League summit Thursday. ... The latest version of Adobe Flash Player is required to watch this video. ... Sign up for the CBN News Dispatch and receive CBN News Reports in your inbox ... www.cbn.com/.../Arab-League-Snubs-Iraq-at-Opening-of-Su...

Iraq bombings kill 46 ahead of Arab League summit - World - CBC ... Skip to main content; Skip to Iraq bombings kill 46 ahead of Arab Leaguesummit; Skip ... Major StoriesIn The News ... Last Updated: Mar 20, 2012 12:41 PM ET ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/03/.../iraq-bombings.html

Syria takes centre stage at Arab League summit - ARAB LEAGUE ... Join the France 24 community here; Log in · FRANCE 24latest world news report Syria ... www.france24.com/.../20120328-foreign-ministers-call-halt-s...

Syria Rejects Arab League Solutions - Latest News Briefs - Israel ... Latest News Briefs. YouReport, Send us News & updates. 14:14. Reported... Syria's government plans to reject all of the Arab League's initiatives aimed at ... www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/235990

Syria crisis: Baghdad hosts Arab League summit - live updates The latest examples are praise from "a top EU official" who is not named and (in ... Meanwhile, the news agency is keeping rather quiet about a report from... www.guardian.co.uk/.../syria-crisis-arab-league-summit-live?...

Syria crisis: Assad responds to peace plan - live updates | World ... This is in addition to £450000 already provided during the last eight months. ....He made the call at the Arab League's summit in Baghdad which Syrian opposition .... Meanwhile, the news agency is keeping rather quiet about areport from ... www.guardian.co.uk/.../syria-crisis-arab-league-summit-live

story - Latest news UN panel reports high-level Syrian defections ... to make patients unconscious during hospital visits by Arab League monitors. ... more fromLatest news » ... m.startribune.com/news/?id=143986966&c=y

BBC News - Arab League backs Annan's Syria plan at Baghdad ... Arab League states call for the immediate implementation of a plan to end a... 29 March 2012 Last updated at 16:17 ET ... He said he would work to enforce the peace plan but "terrorism" must stop as well, state news agency Sana reported. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17544431

52 killed in Iraq bomb attacks - ITV News Read 52 killed in Iraq bomb attacks latest on ITV News. All the ... nearly 250. The attacks come on the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq and ahead of next week's Arab League summit in Baghdad. Latest ITV News reports ... www.itv.com/news/story/2012-03-20/explosions-across-iraq/

Arab League divided over plans to stop Syrian violence | US NEWS ... US NEWS. Arab League divided over plans to stop Syrian violence. United States News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com. March 28, 2012 6:36 AM ... www.montananewsreports.com/.../Arab-League-divided-over-...

Bashir will lead Sudan's delegation to Arab League summit in Iraq ... home; news; comments; reports; press; documents; maps ... Iraqi capital inrecent days casting doubt over the country's ability to host the Arab Leaguesummit. www.sudantribune.com/Bashir-will-lead-Sudan-s,41987

NEWS - Arab League Summit In Iraq ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT IN IRAQ - For stories on the Arab League Summit in Baghdad, double click on codes in square brackets. ... Latest News; Hot Topics ... www.60news.com/news-arab-league-summit-in-iraq-60031/

Arab League: Carry Out, Monitor Syria Sanctions | Human Rights ... Latest News. Arab League: Carry Out, Monitor Syria Sanctions. Take Consistent Approach to Uprisings in Region. Mar 29, 2012. Press release. Cambodia: 15 ... www.hrw.org/.../arab-league-carry-out-monitor-syria-sanction...

More than 200 Injured In Deadly Attacks In Iraq Tuesday This ahead of the annual Arab League meeting. ... Even so, CBC News reports this latest round of deadly violence in Iraq could be just the tip of the iceberg and ... www.newsy.com/.../more-than-200-injured-in-deadly-attacks-i...

Blasts rock Baghdad as Arab Summit touches upon Syria — RT Top Arab League officials are meeting in Baghdad to try and reach consensus ... than 10 Iraqi cities, government and hospital sources told Reuters news agency. ... Last week's coup in Mali has further destabilized the situation in the African ... With more reports of violence and civilian casualties coming from Syria, the West ... rt.com/news/explosion-baghdad-arab-league-summit-756/

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