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A spokesman for Syria's rebels Tuesday rejected the Assad government's call for dialogue, saying no one would talk to "killers."
The new U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria said he would "spare no effort" to help end the devastating civil war engulfing the Middle Eastern country.
Syria's senior diplomat in London resigned Monday in a clash of conscience with the Assad regime.
Syria has formed a new government with many of the top offices filled by the same men, state television reported Saturday.
The United States joined other Western countries in expelling Syrian envoys Tuesday in protest of last weekend's civilian massacre in Houla, officials said.
Syrians Friday protested the regime of Bashar Assad and excoriated U.N. monitors for declining to patrol on Fridays, the traditional day for mass protests.
Syria welcomes the deployment of more U.N. monitors to ensure a cease-fire takes hold, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said.
Syria signed an Arab League plan aimed at ending nine months of bloodshed and allowing monitors into the country, the foreign minister said.
People in the Syrian city of Homs face a deadline to end anti-government protests or risk an attack by security forces, an opposition leader said.
The Arab League announced in Cairo Wednesday Syria agreed to end its deadly crackdown on anti-government forces, even as activists said 21 more people died.
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