Syria signs Arab League deal to allow in monitors

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said the deal had been signed at the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo.
He said the Arab League had accepted amendments demanded by Damascus.

The Arab League had threatened to ask the UN Security Council to adopt its peace plan to end the crackdown, which has left more than 5,000 people dead. Human rights activists said security forces had killed at least six civilians on Monday, including three in al-Quriya, near the south-eastern city of Deir al-Zour.