Dubai: Syria on Monday rejected an Arab League plan for President Bashar Al Assad to transfer power to his deputy and clear the way for a national unity government in two months.
"Syria rejects the decisions taken which are outside an Arab work plan, and considers them an attack on its national sovereignty and a flagrant interference in internal affairs," an official said on state television.
Qatar's Premier Shaikh Hamad Bin Jasem Al Thani had earlier on Sunday said: "If this initiative [Arab League plan] is not put in place [by Damascus], we will go to the [UN] Security Council, where the decisions will be taken."
EU foreign ministers tightened sanctions against Syria yesterday, adding 22 people and eight entities to a list of banned people and groups.
Meanwhile, in a comment that sparked much outrage, the controversial Sudanese General Mohammad Al Dabi, who is heading the monitors' mission said that violence had dipped since observers arrived.
The comments contradict reports from Syrian activists who have said that more than 600 people have been killed during the monitors' mission.
Observers say that Al Dabi as well as many others in the mission are being heavily manipulated by the Syrian government.
Assad Mustafa, the former minister of agriculture, who served under Bashar's father Hafez Al Assad for 20 years said Al Dabi's report was "worse than the killing of protesters itself".
Speaking to Gulf News he said that the regime will not hesitate to kill millions of people.
He called on the international community to intervene and avoid further bloodshed.
