Arab monitors head to Syria; opposition says district besieged

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

BEIRUT -- The Arab League sent monitors to Syria on Monday even though President Bashar Assad's regime has only intensified its crackdown on dissent in the week since agreeing to the Arab plan to stop the bloodshed.

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