Syria: Arab League head wants peaceful solution

It is being reported that at least 18 people have been killed in the latest fighting in Syria.

The deaths came as Arab League foreign ministers considered their next steps to try to halt the ongoing violence.

A Sudanese General who headed the Arab League mission to Syria is stepping down.

Speaking in Cairo, the Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil Elaraby called for a renewed drive towards finding a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis.