A clash between Syrian forces and army defectors erupted Sunday in a suburb of the tightly held capital of Damascus, adding urgency just as the Arab League was extending an observers’ mission that so far has failed to start the process of putting an end to long months of bloody violence.
The two events outlined how an uprising against President Bashar Assad that was dominated by mass popular protests at first is moving toward an armed conflict that could draw international intervention _ an outcome the Arab League is trying to avoid.
Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo, extended the much-criticized observers mission for another month, officials from the 22-member organization
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