The head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in the northern town of Idlib was shot dead on Wednesday, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)."We just learned a few minutes ago of the death of Mr Abdulrazak Jbero, head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent branch in Idlib. Mr Jbero was on his way by car from Damascus to Idlib. He was shot. Circumstances are still unclear," Beatrice Megevand-Roggo, the head of ICRC operations for the Middle East, told Reuters.
The head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent in the northern town of Idlib was shot dead on Wednesday, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
"We just learned a few minutes ago of the death of Mr Abdulrazak Jbero, head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent branch in Idlib. Mr Jbero was on his way by car from Damascus to Idlib. He was shot. Circumstances are still unclear," Beatrice Megevand-Roggo, the head of ICRC operations for the Middle East, told Reuters.
(Reuters) - The Arab League has approached Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the U.N. nuclear agency, as a possible candidate for the job of special envoy to Syria to follow up an Arab initiative to ease President Bashar al-Assad out of power. "The Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby has made a number of contacts with prominent Arab figures... and among these figures is Dr. ElBaradei," Egypt's state MENA news agency quoted Ahmed Ben Helli, a senior official of the 22-member body, as saying.
(Reuters) - The Arab League has approached Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the U.N. nuclear agency, as a possible candidate for the job of special envoy to Syria to follow up an Arab initiative to ease President Bashar al-Assad out of power.
"The Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby has made a number of contacts with prominent Arab figures... and among these figures is Dr. ElBaradei," Egypt's state MENA news agency quoted Ahmed Ben Helli, a senior official of the 22-member body, as saying.
