16/11/2011 12:25
Syria not attend an Arab League meeting in Rabat
Syria says it will not attend an Arab League meeting in Rabat Wednesday to discuss the current situation in the country, the Voice of America says.
Arab nations are to meet in Morocco Wednesday to tighten the noose around increasingly isolated Syria after Turkey warned its onetime ally against feeding "on the blood of the innocent", the AFP reports.
Since the Arab League decided on Saturday to suspend Syria over its crackdown on protests -- only the third suspension of a member in the pan-Arab body's history -- the pressure on President Bashar al-Assad has mounted.