'Deadly Clashes' Continue in Syria, Despite Arab League Agreement

November 04, 2011 from Al Jazeera English

WARNING: Graphic Content. Activists say at least 18 people have been killed by security forces in protests across Syria. The clashes come just days after the government said it would stop the violence against anti-government demonstrators in accordance with an agreement put forward by the Arab League. Al Jazeera's Nisreen El Shamayleh reports from Ramtha, on the Jordan-Syria border.

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