DUBAI,
United Arab Emirates: Hopes of a ceasefire being implemented in war-torn Syria
during the upcoming Muslim Eid holidays are "slim," the Arab League's
deputy secretary general Ahmed Ben Helli told AFP on Monday.
Speaking
on the sidelines of the World Energy Forum in Dubai, Ben Helli said a truce was
increasingly unlikely "because the signs, both on the ground and by the
government ... do not point to the presence of any real will" to implement
a ceasefire.
"Unfortunately,
hope for implementing the truce during Eid al-Adha are slim so far," he
said, adding that efforts however, "are being made at all levels."
UN-Arab
League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Sunday appealed to both sides of the Syrian
conflict to observe a truce during the four-day Eid al-Adha holiday, which
begins on Friday.
Brahimi
has visited several countries with influence in the Syrian conflict over the
past week, including Lebanon and Iran, warning that the violence could spread
and set the entire region ablaze.
The revolt
against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has entered its 20th month with the
death toll estimated at more than 33,000.
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