No sooner had the Arab League annonced its decision to seek support from the UN Security Council to bring about a peaceful end to Assad's rule through a national unity government and elections held within 6 months, than the Assad regime declared it was rejecting it.
According to Syria's official news agency, SANA, the Assad regime has rejected the Arab League's proposals outright as a "conspiratorial scheme".
In a statement, broadcast on SANA, the regime said,
“Syria considers these decisions a violation of its national sovereignty, a blatant interference in its internal affairs and a flagrant violation of the objections for which the Arab League was established,”
“Syria condemns this decision, which came in the framework of the conspiratorial scheme hatched against Syria which have been exposed to our people and the Arab Homeland.”
Meanwhile, the Saudi foreign minister has threatened to withdraw its observers.
In a statement, Prince Saud el Faisal said,
“My country is going to withdraw its observers.”
“We are not going to accept being used as witnesses to crimes or to hide their crimes."
“We are calling on the international community to bear its responsibility and that includes our brothers in Islamic states and our friends in Russia, China, Europe and the United States.”
