The Arab League Foreign Ministers will meet on Saturday to discuss the tragedy playing out in Syria.

...The United Nations (click title to entry - thank you) high commissioner for human rights, Navi Pillay, said on Monday that the death toll reached 5,000 people since March, when the uprising against Mr. Assad broke out. The toll includes civilians as well as army defectors and soldiers who were shot dead for refusing to shoot at protesters....

This is a regional problem that will require a regional solution.  The Arab League assisted a great deal with the transition of the Libyan people; I am sure they will find a solution for Syria.  This more or less aligns with the Russia approach of ceasefire on all sides to stop the killing.  The escalation has been significant in Syria, it is spilling over to its neighbors, there is a refuge influx that is also destabilizing while they seek help through demonstrations there. 

The escalation has resulted in the many deaths of children.  These children were killed vicisously and some while attending funerals of the dead.  These are not simply unfortunate deaths due to escalation of violence, these killings stand out as deliberate and planned. 

12/12/2011

CAIRO- Arab League (AL) foreign ministers (click here) will meet on Saturday to discuss a response to Syria's conditional acceptance of an Arab peace plan aimed at ending a crackdown on protesters, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported on Saturday.

Meanwhile, AL's special ministerial committee following the Syrian situation will also convene to decide on the Arab response to Syria's recent positive stance toward the AL observer mission, the agency quoted an AL official as saying....
Arab League (AL) foreign ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting at the end ofthis week to discuss the Syrian situation, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported on Saturday, citing an Arab diplomat...

The 22 Countries of the Arab League and the year of their admittance

1. Egypt (1945)
2. Iraq (1945)
3. Jordan (1945)
4. Lebanon (1945)
5. Saudi Arabia (1945)
6. Syria (1945)
7. Yemen (1945)
8. Libya (1953)
9. Sudan (1956)
10. Morocco (1958)
11. Tunisia (1958)
12. Kuwait (1961)
13. Algeria (1962)
14. Bahrain (1971)
15. U.A.E. (1971)
16. Oman (1971)
17. Qatar (1971)
18. Mauritania (1973)
19. Somalia (1974)
20. Palestine (1976)
21. Djibouti (1977)
22. Comoros (1993)