Hariri Says GCC Must Adopt Qatar Proposal on Syria Troops
Former premier Saad Hariri on Wednesday said the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council must endorse a Qatari proposal to dispatch Arab troops to revolt-hit Syria, where the regime's crackdown on protests has cost more than 5,400 lives since March, according to U.N. estimates.
Answering a question on the social networking website Twitter, Hariri also said his opposition March 14 camp was being “attacked” because it is at the “core” of the Arab Spring sweeping across the region.
Asked when he would return to Lebanon, Hariri tweeted in English: “You will wake up soon and hear the news.”
The Qatari proposal could be discussed at a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers over the weekend but is not on the agenda, Adnan Khodeir, the Syria chief of operations for the League, said on Wednesday.
Syria has flatly rejected Qatar's call to send Arab troops to the country and on Wednesday Syrian state media accused Doha of arming and financing opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Activists say an Arab League observer mission has failed to stop the bloodshed since it deployed on December 26 in Syria.
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