Western Powers Back Syrian Insurgents as Arab League Deadline Expires
By Jean Shaoul - WSWS
The Arab League’s three-day ultimatum to the Baathist regime of President Bashar al-Assad to implement a one-sided peace plan expired, with Assad refusing to back down...Even before the ultimatum expired, the imperialist powers and their allies in the Middle East were meeting to prepare a military intervention to unseat Assad, via the establishment of “safe havens” for civilians inside Syria.


