Syria killings persist as Arab monitors' mandate expires
20 Jan 2012 03:26
Tanks pull back from Zabadani, 20 killed elsewhere
Arabs ponder next move as monitors' mandate ends
Over 600 deaths counted since Arab observers began work
U.N. Security Council paralysed by splits (Adds FT report on currency devaluation)
By Alistair Lyon
BEIRUT, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Syrian forces have retreated from a rebel-held town under a local ceasefire, residents said, but deadly violence raged on elsewhere as a month-long mandate for Arab League peace monitors in Syria was expiring.
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