‘US unwilling to see Syrian unrest end’

SYRIA: The US is against any negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition after it advised armed Syrians against surrendering themselves to authorities, a report says.

Last week, Syrian Interior Ministry granted amnesty to those who surrender their weapons from November 5 to 12.

US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland quickly commented on the development and said, “I wouldn’t advise anybody to turn themselves in to regime authorities at the moment.”

Damascus criticized the remarks, saying such US policies violate international law and UN anti-terrorism resolutions.

Syrian security forces have arrested hundreds of armed individuals, among them several foreigners, including an Arab officer. This suggests the extent of the direct interference of Arab countries in the prolonging the unrest in Syria.

Syrian troops have also captured a rebel-based hospital, which held a large amount of munitions, during one of their operations. The munitions were found to have come from the Lebanese borders.

On Saturday, the Arab League also held an emergency meeting over Syria and suspended Damascus until the implementation of an earlier deal aimed at ending the violence.

Syria’s envoy to the Arab League Yousef Ahmad described the decision as illegal and in breach of the organization’s charter.

Meanwhile, the opposition inside the country accuses the opposition outside of having links with other countries. The outsiders accuse the opposition inside of relying on the Syrian government.

Several operations by Syrian forces in Baba Amr region in Homs also forced armed individuals to flee to other cities.

The operations by Syrian security forces have not been able to end to the unrest in the country as armed groups are being supported by Arab and Western states.

The West initially thought that the Syrian government would be toppled within two to six months.

After the failure of their schemes it appears that the Western parties to the unrest in Syria or devising a one-year plot in the hopes of bringing down the government of Bashar al-Assad. Press TV