Islam Times - Arab League team visits Homs in Syria

Islam Times - The Arab League (AL) monitoring team to Syria has visited the flashpoint western city of Homs as part of their mission to investigate months of deadly unrest in the country.

A group of 50 observers from the Arab regional body visited various sites, including the neighborhoods of Baba Amro, Karm al-Zeitoun and Wadi al-Zahab in Homs, and talked to residents on Tuesday, commending the Syrian government's cooperative approach for giving them access to different locations without restriction.

Many Syrians have complained of crimes they believe are committed by armed terrorist groups. The Syrian state TV has shown stacks of weapons seized from the terrorists bent on fueling instability in the country.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations being held both against and in favor of the Syrian government.

The opposition and rights groups hold the government responsible for the deadly violence. Damascus, however, blames “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, saying it is being orchestrated from abroad.