Arab League...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
(LA) observers are in Syria to investigate the country's unrest and to monitor the implementation of a peace initiative presented by the Arab bloc to put an end to the crisis.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March and thousands of people have been killed in the country over the past nine months.
The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of killing protesters, while Damascus
...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world...
blames ''outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups,'' insisting that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.