The controversial Arab League-imposed deadline on Syria to bring an end to alleged violence in the Arab Republic has expired, amid growing criticism against the body over its openly biased measure against Damascus.
The three-day deadline expired on Saturday after the 22-nation Arab bloc convened Wednesday and proclaimed to offer Damascus another opportunity to end the unrest, which many observers believe to be foreign-based.
Last week, the Arab League decided to suspend Syria during an emergency session in the Egyptian capital Cairo and called for the imposition of sanctions against Syria.
It is widely believed that US influence in the Arab body has given rise to the controversial decision, since most of its members are US-sponsored authoritarian regimes, notorious for massive human rights violations against their own people.
US-sponsored Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with their dismal record in human rights violations, are the principal countries leading the anti-Syria bid at the Arab League.
People are not allowed to protest or express their social or political views in Saudi Arabia, a despotic monarchy. The top posts in the country are held by the sons of Abdul Aziz Al Saud, who founded the kingdom.
When Abdul Aziz rose to power on the Arabian Peninsula with help from the British monarchy in 1932, he named the country after the Al Saud family. He also entrusted the rule over the oil-rich country to his 31 children.
Saudi Arabia also backs and actively supports the brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in Bahrain, dispatching troops and weapons to help crush popular anti-regime rallies.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is the only country in the universe that bans women from driving. The ban is not enforced by law but is based on an arbitrary religious decree imposed by the country's Wahhabi clerics.
Qatar is another authoritarian Arab League member that was fearful of a popular uprising during the Arab Spring.
People in Qatar have attempted through online social networking sites to organize protest rallies to demand an end to Doha's ties with the Israeli regime and the US, which has a military base in the Persian Gulf state. However, the despotic monarchy has rigorously halted the efforts from outset.
These US-backed authoritarian regimes that have given Syria an ultimatum to end violence in the fellow Arab state, have also spent millions of dollars to smuggle weapons to Syria to wage a civil war in the Arab republic.
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