Arab League foreign ministers Wednesday gave Syria's government three days to agree to end its crackdown on protesters and allow in teams of observers, but did not say what would happen if Damascus failed to comply. League foreign ministers meeting in the Moroccan capital decided to send the proposal to the Syrian government immediately, the latest in a series of attempts to persuade President Bashar Al-Assad to end eight months of bloodshed. Asked if the proposal was a last-ditch attempt at diplomacy, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani told reporters: “We do not want to talk about a last-ditch attempt because I do not want this to sound like a warning.” A communique issued at the conclusion of the foreign ministers' meeting in Rabat said: “Observers are to be sent into Syria if the Syrian government signs the agreement within three days starting today and once the violence and the killing stop.” “The observers will make sure Syrian security and pro-government militias do not attack peaceful demonstrations ... (and) will ensure that all armaments are withdrawn from cities and inhabited areas that have witnessed, or are witnessing protests,” the communique said. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates condemned an attack on its embassy in Damascus, the state news agency WAM reported. “The UAE condemns the assault at its embassy and hold the Syrian government responsible,” Juma Al-Junaibi, the Foreign Ministry's undersecretary, said. In Amman, France recalled its ambassador to Damascus. “New violence is taking place and that has led to the closure of the missions in Aleppo and Latakia and to recall our ambassador to Paris,” Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said. Turkey and members of the Arab League called for “urgent measures” to protect Syrian civilians from violent repression by the Assad regime. In a statement issued after a Turkish-Arab cooperation forum in Rabat, they also declared they were “against all foreign intervention in Syria”.
