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Syria's Bashar al-Assad should go, says Arab League (BBC)
Syria's Bashar al-Assad should go, says Arab LeagueArab League foreign ministers have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, as rebels tell the BBC they are encouraged by last week's assassinations in Damascus.
The rebels told the BBC's Paul Wood, undercover near the Syrian capital, that the deaths of four top officials were a severe blow to the government.
Our correspondent says Islamist rebels where he is are receiving weapons and money from outside.
Fighting continued overnight.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18950418#
