Arab League observers Live Blog

14 weeks 6 days ago - Sudan

The head of the Arab League mission has expressed satisfaction with the monitors' effort.

"I swear by God, I am fully satisfied with myself and with all those on the mission in Syria," Sudanese General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi told reporters on a brief return to his homeland.

"There is a campaign against the mission and against the head of the mission and there are some allegations against it, but all of this is untrue," Dabi said, adding critics did not understand the observers' role.

Dabi described the situation in the country as  "war" and said he had seen "some evidence of torture".

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14 weeks 6 days ago - Jordan

Jordan's foreign minister says his country is withdrawing its observers from the Arab League mission. The league suspended the mission on Saturday, citing escalating violence as the reason. [Reuters]

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15 weeks 4 days ago - Syria
Syria said the Arab League's suspension of its monitoring mission in the country was an attempt to influence the United Nations Security Council and increase pressure for foreign intervention, according to state television.

"This will have a negative impact and put pressure on [Security Council] deliberations with the aim of calling for foreign intervention and encouraging armed groups to increase violence," a news flash on Syria Television said.
The Arab League called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down last week and is meeting with the Security Council in the coming days to discuss an Arab peace plan.
"Syria is still committed to the success of the Arab monitoring mission and to protecting the mission observers," the news flash said.
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15 weeks 4 days ago - Syria
The Arab League's monitoring mission to Syria has been frozen given the escalation of violence in the country, the Arab League said in a statement.
"It has been decided to immediately stop the work of the Arab League's mission to Syria pending presention of the issue to the league's council," the Secretary-General of the Arab League said in a statement. 
The mission would remain in Syria, a source at the league had earlier told the Reuters news agency, but would temporarily freeze its work. 

The head of the monitoring mission, Ambassador Adnan al-Khodeir, had earlier said that the General Secretariat of the league would take all the necessary procedures to protect the safety of its monitors in Syria. 

Read our news story for more detail and context: Arab League suspends Syria mission
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15 weeks 4 days ago - Syria
The Arab League is suspending its observer mission in Syria because of an upsurge in violence, according to an official.

They have been monitoring the crackdown on dissent in the country.

More soon... 
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16 weeks 12 hours ago - Syria

Bahraini observers left Syria on Wednesday following their Kuwaiti colleagues who left earlier after a decisions made by the Gulf Cooperation Council to withdraw their observers from the Arab League mission. 

Fifty observers will leave Syria while 120 will remain and continue their missions.

The picture shows monitors leaving the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus. [Reuters]

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16 weeks 1 day ago - Egypt

Arab states will discuss on Tuesday whether to keep peace monitors in Syria, Sudan's envoy to the Arab League said, after Gulf Arab countries announced they were pulling their monitors out.

"The meeting of representatives today will discuss the fate of the monitoring mission, whether it continues or withdraws," envoy Kamal Hassan Ali told Reuters.

Ahmed Ben Helli, deputy secretary general of the League, said the meeting would discuss latest developments in Syria but would not give further details. [Reuters] 

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16 weeks 1 day ago - Lebanon

Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr comments on the latest developments regarding the international community's response to Syria's crisis:

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16 weeks 1 day ago - Syria

Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem is set to hold a news conference at 11:00 GMT. He is expected to say whether Damascus will allow Arab observers to stay in the country for another month. 

 

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16 weeks 4 days ago - Lebanon

Our correspondent tweets from Beirut:

ZeinakhodrAljazArab diplomats say #arabLeague not completely satisfied with monitoring mission in #Syria but lacks consensusSat Jan 21 14:43:31 2012
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