Syria Calls for Urgent Arab Summit as Arabi Says League Seeking to Protect Syrians
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Damascus on Sunday called for an urgent Arab summit to address the crisis in Syria, a day after the Arab League suspended the country's membership over its failure to implement a plan to end bloodshed.
"Syria demands an emergency Arab summit to address the crisis and its negative consequences in the Arab world," state television SANA reported.
Meanwhile, the Arab League said Sunday it is studying measures to protect civilians in Syria after suspending the country's membership over its failure to implement a deal to end bloodshed.
"The Arab League is studying mechanisms it could implement to protect civilians in Syria," the League's secretary general, Nabil al-Arabi, told reporters in the Libyan capital, without going into details.
Arabi hailed the League's decision to suspend Syria on Saturday as "historic" and said the regional bloc called for the "international protection" of civilians in Syria as the organization did not have the means to act alone.
"There is nothing wrong with going to the U.N. Security Council because it is the only organization able to impose" such measures, he added.
The League said the suspension would remain in place until President Bashar Assad implements an Arab deal to end violence against protesters, and called for economic and political sanctions and transition talks with the opposition.
The eight-month crackdown on dissent and related violence in Syria has left more than 3,500 people dead, the majority of them civilians, according to U.N. figures.
13 November 2011, 15:19
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How can Syria call for an emergency summit while its membership is suspended?
13 November 2011, 15:46
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Bashar thinks he has until 11/16 to call for a meeting to undermine the Arab League decision, he does not get it that the League is representing each Arab Country including their president. The only looser will be Lebanon because they have no friend in the World except Syria and Iran, therefore when the Syrian money is frozen in the world banks and it is being leaked to Lebanon to protect the Syrian terrorist regime then the world will ban Lebanon as well. In the end there will be a regional war unfortunately on our Land as well. The proper vote should have been "No vote" just like Iraq if the Government is closing their eyes on the daily killing machine.
13 November 2011, 15:57
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Yesterday the Arab league was a USA, Western, Zionist tool today the Syrians want it to have a summit make up your mind Ghawar, are they or are they not USA, Western, Zionist tool if they are why call for a summit, hummm?
Bashar: "confusion will be my epitaph"
13 November 2011, 16:22
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Suspension is effective starting the 16th of November 2011 ....
13 November 2011, 17:05
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Sure meet with the terrorist under one condition.
While he is staying in the hotel show the Media the withdrawal of the national Army from the streets of the cities. Then allow international observers to protect the political figures that are being assassinated
13 November 2011, 17:31
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bashar will pay for:
- MAY 7
- YA ASHBAH AL RIJAL....
it is time to pay....
13 November 2011, 17:34
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Where is Aoun and Nassy in all of this. They both said ASSad had prevailed and everything was fine in Syria.
13 November 2011, 18:37
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Yes I agree that an arab summit should be held. One condition Bashar and his brother should attend. One there we will kidnap them. hihihihihi
13 November 2011, 18:54
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Remember how people made fun of HAMASNE??? the HAMASNE now are literaly making HISTORY
13 November 2011, 19:23
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What happened to the Arab league not having a role to play anymore?
or to it being an Israeli American tool ?
lol
14 November 2011, 04:54
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Surely the Arab League has plenty of time now that they have masterfully resolved the Palestinian problem. Keep your hopes alive.
