Head of Arab League Monitors in Syria Defends Work
The head of the Arab League's observation team to Syria has struck back at critics who say the mission has failed to stop violence between security forces and opposition groups seeking to oust President Bashar Assad.
Gen. Mohammed Ahmed al-Dabi told reporters in Cairo Monday that the mission's job was to never to stop the violence, but to document progress on the League's peace plan.
Al-Dabi, a Sudanese army general who has been accused of war crimes, defended the mission. He says that since its start, violence has gone down, prisoners have been released and some protests have been allowed to proceed peacefully.
The Arab League on Sunday extended the observer mission for another month and presented a new initiative aimed at ending the crisis — which Syria's government rejected.
Source: Associated Press
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