Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) greets U.N. and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi before their closed-door meeting in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)
Lakhdar Brahimi (from right), the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria; former Irish President Mary Robinson; former U.S. President Jimmy Carter; Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby; and former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland attend a press conference after their meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Mr. Brahimi says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a cease-fire during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, talks during a joint press conference with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby (unseen) following their meeting at the league headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. Mr. Brahimi says the Syrian government and some rebel leaders have agreed to a cease-fire during the upcoming four-day Muslim holiday. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) greets U.N. and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi before their closed-door meeting in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)
** FILE ** Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) greets U.N. and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi before their closed-door meeting in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)
Appearing on Syrian State Television, President Bashar Assad delivers a speech in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Assad gave his first speech Tuesday since he agreed last month to an Arab League plan to halt the government’s crackdown on dissent. (APTN via Associated {Press)
