CAIRO -- An Arab League official says an advance team will travel to Syria Thursday to prepare for an observer mission that the Syrian government agreed to this week. The mission is tasked with ensuring the regime's compliance with an Arab plan for ending the nation's political violence.
The 12-member advance team will be led by the Arab League's assistant secretary-general, Sameer Seif el-Yazal.
Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby told reporters Monday that the advance delegation will include legal, administrative, financial and human rights experts to discuss the makeup of the observer teams.
On Monday, Syria agreed to the Arab League plan to send foreign monitors, bending to growing international pressure to end its bloody crackdown on a nine-month uprising.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
BEIRUT (AP) – Syria's state-run news agency says President Bashar Assad has issued a new law under which anyone found guilty of distributing weapons for "terrorist acts" would be sentenced to death.
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