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UN’s Ban Says Arab League to Send Observers Back to Syria

February 08, 2012, 7:08 PM EST

By Flavia Krause-Jackson

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Arab Legue will send observers back into Syria and has asked for the United Nations to take part and send a special envoy, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in New York.

He said it was ‘not clear’’ if Syrian President Bashar al- Assad would even accept such a proposal.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Flavia Krause-Jackson at fjackson@bloomberg.net

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