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Syria’s army shut down their attacks on protesters, as Arab League monitors visited the area to meet with local leaders and activists.

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The British-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said as the monitors visited the city of Homs, at least 70,000 protesters gathered in some neighborhoods to “reveal the crimes committed by the regime.”

As reported by the Associated Press:

About 60 Arab monitors – the first Syria’s regime has allowed in during its nine-month crackdown on an anti-government uprising – arrived Monday night and began work Tuesday.

The withdrawal from Homs was the first tangible sign that President Bashar Assad was implementing the terms of the Arab League plan to halt attacks that overwhelmingly target unarmed, peaceful protesters. The monitors are supposed to ensure the government complies with the deal.

After signing on to the plan early last week, Assad’s regime only appeared to be intensifying the crackdown, rather than easing up, and it was condemned internationally for flouting the agreement. On Monday, security forces killed at least 42 people, most of them in Homs.

The violence in Syria has made worldwide headlines and as we approach 2012, President Bashar Assad’s regime looks like it will be the next to fall.

SOURCE: AP