Arab League to vote on Syria sanctions draft
ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYELIZABETH A. KENNEDY, Associated Press?
?In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, Syrian army officers carry the coffin of one of the 17 army members, including six elite pilots and four technical officers who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday during their funeral procession, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for the ambush and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end a bloody crackdown on an uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad that the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people. The Arab League was meeting Saturday to consider the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, Syrian army officers carry the coffin of one of the 17 army members, including six elite pilots and four technical officers who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday during their funeral procession, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for the ambush and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end a bloody crackdown on an uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad that the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people. The Arab League was meeting Saturday to consider the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
In this photo taken during a government-organized tour for the media, relatives of William Al-Saleh one of the six elite pilots who the military said were killed in an ambush on Thursday, hold his portrait as they mourn during his funeral procession, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for the ambush and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
In this photo taken during a government-organised tour for the media, an injured Syrian army soldier lies on his bed at a hospital, in Homs province, Syria, on Saturday Nov. 26, 2011. The military blamed terrorists for an ambush which killed 17 army members, including six elite pilots and four technical officers on Thursday and has vowed to "cut every evil hand" that targets the country's security. Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end a bloody crackdown on an uprising against the rule of President Bashar Assad that the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people. The Arab League was meeting Saturday to consider the possibility of sweeping economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)
ADDS NAME OF CHILD AND UPDATES THAT THE WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND - In this undated family photo made available Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011, Mona al-Gharib, left, poses for a photo with her 18-month-old son, Forat in Alexandria, Egypt. An Egypt-based Syrian dissident says his 25-year-old pregnant wife has been found in Cairo more than 24 hours after she was abducted. Thaer al-Nashef says his wife, Mona al-Gharib, was kidnapped Friday afternoon as she walked to her parents house in the Egyptian capital. Al-Nashef said she was found unconscious, but alive, by an elderly woman on a Cairo street Saturday afternoon. He had no immediate details on her condition.(AP Photo/Courtesy Thaer al-Nashef)
BEIRUT (AP) ? The Arab League is set to vote Sunday on sweeping sanctions against Syria, which could include halting cooperation with the nation's central bank and stopping flights to the country.
The 22-nation body will vote on the recommendations at the group's headquarters in Cairo.
If the Arab League were to go ahead with the move, it would be a huge blow for a regime that considers itself a powerhouse of Arab nationalism.
Syria is facing mounting international pressure to end the bloody crackdown on the uprising against President Bashar Assad, which the U.N. says has killed more than 3,500 people. The European Union and the United States have imposed several rounds of sanctions against Assad and his regime, including a ban on the import of Syrian oil.
Associated Press
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