Arab League rebuffs Syria
The Arab League said today it had rejected a request by Damascus to amend plans fora 500-strong monitoring mission to Syria. The rebuff came after President Bashar al-Assad disregarded a deadline to halt violent repression of protesters.
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Two rocket-propelled grenades reportedly hit a major ruling party building in Damascus today.
It was the first attack by insurgents -- mainly army defectors -- reported inside the Syrian capital since street demonstrations against Assad’s rule broke out in March.
President Bashar al Assad has said in an interview with the Sunday Times that he will continue with a security crackdown to crush ``militants'' who he says are massacring Syrians on a daily basis. Listen
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