Sheikh Hamad: Syria isn’t implementing initiative

Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani, Qatari Prime Minister, said that Syria is not implementing the deal of the Arab League initiative to end the violence in the country, adding that the Arab mission could not stay there to “waste time”. Sheikh Hamad said the Syrian army, required to pull out of Syrian cities according to the deal, had not withdrawn and that there had been no end to killing during the 10 days spent in Syria by the Arab monitors. "With great regret, the news is not good," Sheikh Hamad told Al Jazeera television. An Arab League committee is due to meet on Sunday to discuss the initial report by Arab observers on Syria's compliance with the plan to end President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on nearly 10 months of unrest. Sheikh Hamad said that the Arab League meeting may decide whether to continue the mission or to refer Syria to the United Nations Security Council.