1 of 5 | A Syrian girl hold slogans against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a protest before the Arab League foreign ministers emergency meeting, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo November 2, 2011. a ministerial meeting at the organisation's Cairo headquarters, during which Syria fully accepted a plan to end nearly eight months of bloodshed, according to a League official. UPI/ Ahmed Farid |
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Damascus said Monday it sent letters to foreign minters and other regional leaders warning the United States was likely involved in the Syria's violence.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem sent letters to Russia, China, members of the Arab League and the U.N. Security Council claiming that Damascus sees U.S. support for an opposition movement as evidence that it's involved in "the sedition and violence in Syria," the official Syrian Arab News Agency reports.
He said Damascus has reacted positively to an Arab League agreement to curb the violence but stressed regional delegates should be aware of the U.S. involvement in the "bloody events" in the country.
The Arab League last week received Syrian assurances that tanks and other military equipment would be pulled from the streets. More than 3,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in Syria since an uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad began in mid-March.
Scores were reportedly killed after last week's agreement.
Syrian activist Haitham al-Maleh told al-Arabiya there were roughly 80,000 opponents of the Assad regime in jail after Damascus released roughly 500 prisoners as a good-will gesture.
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby was quoted as saying the regional bloc was concerned about the continuing violence in Syria.
"The failure of the Arab solution would lead to catastrophic results for the situation in Syria and the region as a whole," he added.
