Syria conditionally accepts observers; Syria’s key role in joint Arab work stressed; France believes Syria was behind UNIFIL attack
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    • According to reports, Syria announced that it had conditionally accepted observers as part of an Arab plan. The Arab League, which has threatened to impose new sanctions on Damascus if it fails to comply with the plan for monitors, said it was considering the Syrian offer to allow them into the troubled country. Meanwhile, French oil company Total said it was suspending its operations in Syria in line with EU sanctions. 1

    On the other hand, Secretary-General of the Arab Economic Unity Council, Ambassador Mohammad al-Rabi stressed that Syria was a pioneer country in the domain of the joint Arab work and its absence would affect the system of this work. He also expressed the hope that security and stability would prevail in Syria. Further, he stressed the importance of drawing an economic map to achieve a qualitative leap that would upgrade the level of the Arab nation among other nations of the world. 2

    In other develoepmts, according to reports, in the third attack this year on United Nations forces deployed near the frontier with Israel, a roadside bomb wounded five French peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Paris believes Syria was behind attacks on its troops in Lebanon. Separately, France - with Britain, Germany and the United States - has been pushing for the UN Human Rights Council to take up the issue of Syria again. Paris is now pushing for the creation of humanitarian corridors to provide aid to the population. 3

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