Arab League wants U.N. to create Syrian peacekeeping force
By The Associated Press
This article was published February 12, 2012 at 10:24 a.m.
PHOTO BY NASSER NASSER / AP
Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby, left, and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Althani, right, are seen during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. The Arab League is considering a proposal Sunday to revive its suspended observer mission in Syria by expanding it to include monitors from non-Arab, Muslim nations and the United Nations, officials from the 22-member group said.
CAIRO, Egypt — The Arab League will call on the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution creating a joint peacekeeping force for Syria.
According to a draft resolution to be adopted by Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Sunday, the 22-member group will also call for an immediate cease-fire in Syria. It demands that regime forces lift the siege on neighborhoods and villages and pull troops and their heavy weapons back to their barracks.
The draft also calls on Syrian opposition groups to unite ahead of a Feb. 24 meeting of the “Friends of Syria group,” which includes the United States, its European allies and Arab nations working to end the 11-month-old conflict in Syria.
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