November 12, 2011
AND THE ARABS SHALL LEAD:
Arab League suspends Syrian membership, calls for sanctions against Assad's regime (Al Arabiya, 11/12/11)The Arab League voted to suspend Syria's membership at its meeting on Saturday and said it would impose economic and political sanctions against the regime of Bashar al-Assad as well as call for the withdrawal of Arab ambassadors from Damascus.
The Arab foreign ministers meeting at the League's headquarters in Cairo also called on the Syrian army to cease its involvement in the killing of civilians and invited the Syrian opposition for transition talks.
Posted by oj at November 12, 2011 9:16 AM
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