Syria 'Agrees' to Peace Plan, But Fighting Continues and Skepticism Remains

April 02, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Kofi Annan, the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has said the Assad regime has agreed to start implementing a peace plan by April 10. But, even while Syria's government was committing to remove its troops from towns and cities, there were reports of continued fighting on the ground.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south and Israel to the southwest. A country of fertile plains, high mountains and deserts, i... Explore this topic

Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006. Annan and the United Nations were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for his founding of the Global AIDS and Health F... Explore this topic

Bashar Jaafari

Bashar Jaafari, also Ja'afari, is the current Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Explore this topic

Syrian Civil War

The Syrian civil war is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Syrian Ba'ath Party government and those seeking to oust it. The conflict began on 15 March 2011, with popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011. These demonstrations were pa... Explore this topic

UN Security Council

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Susan Rice

Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American diplomat, former Brookings Institution fellow, and the current United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice served on the staff of the National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President... Explore this topic

Syrian conflict peace proposals

Syrian conflict peace proposals are initiatives and plans to resolve the Syrian civil war. Among the most significant attempts to resolve the conflict are the Arab League peace plan and the resulting Arab League observer mission, launched in December 2011. In addition, a Russi... Explore this topic

Arab League

The League of Arab States, commonly called the Arab League, is a regional organization of Arab states in and around North Africa and Southwest Asia. It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Yemen joine... Explore this topic

Ceasefire

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Negotiation

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