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Reuters 22 Jan 2012
Arab states, divided over how to handle the crisis in Syria, are likely to extend a peace mission there which critics...
AFP 21 Jan 2012
Pressure is mounting on the Arab League to seek UN intervention amid growing exasperation that the bloc's hard-won...
Grand Shiekh of Al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb
MENA 20 Jan 2012
The grand sheikh of Al-Azhar called on Arab leaders Friday to adopt serious and immediate measures to stanch the...
Dozens of Syrians continue their protest for the second consecutive day simultaneously with an urgent meeting for Arab ministers to discuss situation in Syria, Arab league, Cairo, 16 October, 2011. Protesters called on Arab league to take serious decisions in favor of Syrians, freeze Syria's membership at recognize the Syrian national council.
Al-Masry Al-Youm 20 Jan 2012
Members from Syria's umbrella opposition group, the Syrian National Council, arrived in Cairo Friday to request the...
Reuters 19 Jan 2012
BEIRUT — Britain called on Wednesday for harsher sanctions on Syria, where an Arab monitoring mission has failed...
Arab League monitors in Syria
Reuters 17 Jan 2012
A Syrian rebel army chief urged the world on Tuesday to protect civilians in Syria, saying Arab peace monitors had...
Presidential hopeful Amr Moussa during a popular rally, Sherbas village, Damietta, 20 September, 2011. Moussa headed to Damietta as part of his presidential elecoral campaign to drum up support.
AFP
Egypt Independent
15 Jan 2012
Former secretary general of the Arab League and Egyptian presidential hopeful Amr Moussa urged the league on Sunday to...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks to the press after touring the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, February 28, 2011.
Reuters 15 Jan 2012
The UN chief told Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to "stop killing your people" and the Syrian leader offered an...
Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad attends the opening ceremony of the 7th Special Olympics Middle East/North Africa (SOMENA) Regional Games in Damascus , September 25, 2010.
AFP 14 Jan 2012
Not so long ago, she was the darling of the international press, described as a "rose in the desert" and...
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa al-Thani looks over during a meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (unseen) in Tehran, December 20, 2010
Egypt Independent 14 Jan 2012
The emir of Qatar is the first Arab leader to call for humanitarian intervention in Syria to protect civilians from the...