United Nations Secretary-General said the Arab League chief informed him that the League is ready to resend its observer mission to Syria but had asked for it to become a joint UN-AL operation

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi has informed him during a Tuesday telephone conversation that the League is ready to resend its observer mission to Syria but had asked for it to become a joint UN-AL operation.

"He informed me that he intends to send the Arab League observer mission back to Syria and ask for UN help," Ban said. “He further suggested that we consider a joint observer mission in Syria, including a joint special envoy.”

The League’s team ended its monitoring work in Syria on January 28.