Damascus, Nov 5 (ANI): Syria has reportedly pledged to withdraw forces from the streets by Sunday under an Arab League-brokered "peace deal", despite opposition activists proclaiming that the regime's continued violence meant the accord was "already dead."
"Syria means what it says and we will implement the Arab League agreement, every aspect of it. If we agree to something, we do it," The Telegraph quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Abdulfattah Ammura, as saying.
On being asked when Syria would fulfil the deal, he said: "We are working on it. We will see it very shortly, hopefully before Eid [Sunday]."
The accord, agreed by Syria on Wednesday, commits the regime to pulling out tanks and other military vehicles, releasing political prisoners and allowing free access to international observers and journalists.
Meanwhile, opposition activists have claimed that the regime forces have killed at least 23 people on Friday in fresh violence across the country. About 40 civilians have now died since the deal was agreed.
Activists in the front-line city of Homs said the regime had intensified its assault on the city since signing the agreement.
"In the last three days there has been a major escalation in the level of violence in Homs. The Arab League initiative was born dead. It was never alive or meant to be alive. No opposition figures were involved in it," a protest leader said. (ANI)
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