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Arab League Observers Land in Syria

Team of 60 likely headed for Homs

By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2011 1:02 PM CST

(Newser) – Arab League monitors are officially on the ground in Syria, reports Reuters. The Arab League delegation includes some 50 monitors and 10 other officials, and will eventually number 150 people working to ensure that Bashar al-Assad is in fact backing off his nine-month-long crackdown on protesters. The monitors come not a moment too soon, as Syria today shelled the restive city of Homs, killing 13. The Arab League is set to head to Homs first thing.

A Syrian tank driving through Homs on December 26, 2011. Heavy gunfire killed 23 in the besieged city today as Arab League observers were urged to head to the hot spot.
A Syrian tank driving through Homs on December 26, 2011. Heavy gunfire killed 23 in the besieged city today as Arab League observers were urged to head to the hot spot.   (Getty Images)
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Dec 26, 2011 2:47 PM CST
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Scaramouche
Dec 26, 2011 1:58 PM CST
Here's hoping they didn't send those three 'wise' monkeys: See-No-Evil, Hear-No-Evil, and Speak-No-Evil.

 
Syria • Arab League • Bashar al-Assad • Arab protests • Syria protests • Homs • Arab Spring • Syrian uprising • Syria opposition

 
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