Report: Damascus to reject any initiative reached at Arab summit

Damascus on Wednesday rejected in advance any initiative relating to Syria by an Arab League summit in Baghdad, according to the Lebanese TV channel al-Manar. The summit, which is to begin on Thursday, will be the first such gathering that the Arab League holds in two decades.

"Syria will not deal with any initiatives issued by the Arab League on the Syria situation that is issued at the Baghdad summit," a Syrian official was quoted as saying. (Reuters)