Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani speaks during a press conference after a meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the AL headquarter in Cairo, Nov. 12, 2012. The Arab League (AL) on Monday recognized the newly-formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the "representative of the aspirations of Syrian people," said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani after a meeting of Arab foreign ministers. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
CAIRO, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Arab League (AL) on Monday recognized the newly-formed Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces as the "representative of the aspirations of Syrian people," said Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani after a meeting of Arab foreign ministers.
Before the meeting, the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC) also recognized the new Syrian opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people.
The coalition was established after a formal agreement was signed Sunday evening in the Qatari capital of Doha by Moaz al- Khatib, the newly-elected head of the united entity, and George Sabra, the new head of major opposition group the Syrian National Council (SNC).
The GCC, founded in 1981, consists of six Gulf countries -- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.
Foreign ministers of Arab countries gathered at the AL headquarters in downtown Cairo Monday night for a ministerial meeting, with current developments of the Syrian issue and the Palestinian UN bid on the top of their agenda.
PARIS, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- France welcomed Syrian opposition's efforts to unite its different fractions that agreed to create a broad coalition, the country's top diplomat said.
In a statement issued late on Sunday, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius hailed " a major step in the essential process of the Syrian opposition's unification." Full story
MOSCOW, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Warnings to foreign diplomatic missions issued by the Syrian opposition were unacceptable, Russia said Monday.
"We consider such behavior of the hard-line Syrian opposition issuing these ominous ultimatums unacceptable. We reiterate that the future of Syria cannot be linked to those who rely on forceful and openly terrorist means," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement published on its website. Full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces on Monday afternoon fired into Syria after another Syrian mortar shell exploded outside an Israeli military outpost in the Golan Heights.
The shell hit an open area in the vicinity of the outpost in the central Golan Heights, causing no injuries or damages, a military source told Xinhua.Full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- A mortar shell from Syria struck an Israeli army post in the Israeli-occupied part of the Golan Heights Sunday, causing no damages or injuries, the Israeli military said.
In response, the military said in a statement, Israeli soldiers "fired warning shots towards Syrian areas."Full story
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