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Demonstrators in the besieged Damascus suburb of Zabadani welcome the Observers Mission convoy

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Bashar Assad issued a new presidential amnesty for crimes committed since the beginning of the revolution to distract the Arab League and show itself as in compliance.
Over ten thousand demonstrators took to the streets in the Damascus suburb of Zabadani to welcome the Arab League’s Observers Mission, after a three-day siege.
Assad’s forces killed at least 32 today; most fell in Homs and in Idlib where more than ten thousand demonstrators gathered in Kafrouma to meet the Observers Mission.
 
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Arab League announced it might discuss the idea of sending Arab troops to Syria in its next meeting; the idea was first brought forth by Qatar. This suggestion came after the Arab League decided not to send additional Observers to Syria due to the ineffectiveness of their efforts.
 
Bashar Assad issued a new presidential amnesty pardoning all crimes committed since the beginning of the revolution in March 2011. It is noteworthy that the last presidential amnesty was manipulated by the regime to detain additional demonstrators and release criminals and thugs to be recruited by the security forces. This amnesty is directed at the “crime” of demonstrating and many expect it to be ineffective especially that most detainees are locked up in secrete locations and are invisible without any records or a court order.
 
Over ten thousand demonstrators took to the streets in the Damascus suburb of Zabadani to welcome the Arab League’s Observers Mission, after a three-day siege and heavy shelling of the city. Regime forces continued their random heavy shelling of the city after the Mission left.
 
Assad’s forces killed at least 32 today; most fell in Homs and in Idlib where more than ten thousand demonstrators gathered in Kafrouma to meet the Observers Mission. Residents of the nearby villages flocked to join the demonstrations. Security forces opened fire at the demonstrators after the Observers left, killing and wounding dozens. An officer and several soldiers defected from an artillery squad stationed nearby after clashing with Assad loyalists.