Arab League rejects Syrian request over monitors

The Arab League has rejected a request by Damascus to amend plans to send a monitoring mission to Syria, where the army has been used to crackdown on protest against President Bashar al-Assad's rule, Egypt's state news agency reported on Sunday.

It said the League rejected Syria's request in a letter from the Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby to Syria's foreign minister. The League wants to send a 500-strong mission of monitors to Syria to assess the situation there. (Reuters)