Days of tough talks loom before any vote is held. No action is likely before Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby and Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani brief the council on Tuesday.
Backers of the new resolution hope ...
The Arab League committee put its plan, involving talks in Cairo between the Syrian authorities and their opponents, to Syrian Foreign Minister Walid ...
The Arab League has called an emergency meeting on Syria's failure to implement its peace plan, as forces reportedly killed at least 15 demonstrators ...
Germany, France and Britain have tabled a United Nations resolution calling for an end to human rights violations in Syria.
The resolution also backs ...
Syria's foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria's membership over ...
Syria has signed an agreement to allow observers to monitor its implementation of an Arab League initiative to end the crackdown on anti-government ...
An Arab League official in Cairo confirmed that Syria's deputy foreign minister, Faisal Mekdad, had signed the deal in the presence of the 22-member ...
The resolution, which also calls for the implementation of an Arab League plan to end the violence, was also backed by four Arab countries.
With the ...
United Nations Member States today called on Syrian authorities to immediately implement the plan of action proposed by the League of Arab States to ...
Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi, left, and Qatari P.M. Hamad ben Jassem attend meeting to discuss Syria.
NEW: U.S. sanctions imposed on ...
A day after Syria said it would allow Arab League observers into the country, the deadly clashes with government forces continued. Al Arabiya reports ...
The United Nations said today it is encouraged by the signing of a protocol paving the way for monitors from the League of Arab States to go to Syria ...
The resolution would also "give a strong message to the Arab League that we encourage them to continue their efforts, and working together with the ...
The first batch of Arab League monitors will head to Syria next week to assess whether Damascus is abiding by an Arab peace plan to end a nine-month ...
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Arab League Secretary General Nabil Al Arabi (far left) meets with foreign ministers of the Arab League in Cairo on ...
Arab league ministers from five member states are due to meet in Qatar to discuss the body's response to nine months of unrest in Syria, which the UN ...
14 January 2012Last updated at 07:28 ET
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The ruler of the Gulf state of Qatar has said Arab countries should send troops into Syria to ...
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(Reuters) - Syria rejected on Monday a request by Arab League foreign ministers that President Bashar al-Assad ...
The Omani foreign minister has said he was optimistic Syria will sign an Arab plan to end a violent crackdown on anti-government protests before an ...
"It has been decided to immediately stop the work of the Arab League's mission to Syria pending presentation of the issue (violence) to the league's ...
Arab League monitors in Syria are only "at the start" of what could become a lengthy mission and are seeing "enough" co-operation by the regime, the ...
The Arab League mission has been criticised for being ineffective by Syria's opposition [Reuters]
The Arab League's monitoring mission to Syria has ...
