Syria unrest: Arab League calls for end to shooting

Arab League secretary general, Nabil al-Arabi: "We hope to see an end to all these violent activities"

The Arab League secretary general has called for an end to shootings in Syria, warning snipers remain a threat.

Nabil al-Arabi said "all signs of military presence" had left the cities, with tanks and artillery removed.
Some 60 Arab League monitors are checking compliance with a peace plan, but correspondents say protesters are frustrated they cannot stop killings.
The UN says more than 5,000 people have been killed in a crackdown on anti-government protests since March.
There has been no let-up in violence, and activists say at least 390 people have been killed since the observers arrived last week.
Activist group the Local Co-ordination Committees said 20 people were killed on Monday, 11 of them in the flashpoint city of Homs.
Meanwhile in northern Idlib province, mutinous troops killed, wounded or captured a number of government soldiers in attacks on three checkpoints, London-based opposition group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
There has also been criticism of the head of the monitoring team, Sudanese Gen Mustafa al-Dabi - who is regarded by some as biased towards the Syrian government.
And on Sunday, the Arab Parliament, an advisory body to the league, said the observers should be withdrawn because of the continuing violence.