British and French Foreign Ministers are today heading to New York to press for a United Nations resolution aimed at halting the violence.

The head of the UN Ban Ki-moon has called directly on the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to halt the on-going bloodshed in the country.

THE Arab League yesterday overwhelmingly approved sanctions against Syria to pressure Damascus to end its eight-month crackdown on dissent, an unprecedented move by the League against an Arab state.

The Arab League today overwhelmingly approved sanctions against Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly eight-month crackdown on dissent, an unprecedented move by the League against an Arab state.

ARAB League chief Amr Moussa said Thursday a strike against Iraq would open the gates of hell in the Middle East, and urged Baghdad to readmit weapons inspectors in co-ordination with the United Nations.