Syrians demonstrating against the Arab League's decision to impose sanctions on the country. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-Zuma/Rex Features
• The Assad regime has said that it is willing to sign an Arab League protocol to send international observers into Syria but only on certain conditions. The foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, said all resolutions passed by the league, in the absence of Syria, namely those suspending it from the bloc, and imposing sanctions, must be annulled. He also said that the plan must be signed in Damascus and that the movement of the observers must be co-ordinated with the Syrian authorities. The Arab League secretary-general, Nabil al-Araby, responded by saying any suspension of sanctions would need to be agreed by the bloc's foreign ministers.
• Activists are demanding the release of Syrian blogger Razzan Ghazzawi, who they say was arrested at the Syrian-Jordanian border while on her way to attend a workshop for advocates of press freedoms in the Arab world. Ghazzawi is one of the few Syrian activists who blogged under her real name.
• The Syrian military has held war games that included test-firing of missiles and air force and ground troop operations "similar to a real battle," state-run media reported Monday. AP described it as "a show of force as Damascus defies pressures over its deadly crackdown on regime opponents".
• Hamas is preparing to abandon its political headquarters in Damascus in a bid to distance itself from the current Syrian regime, according to Haaretz. It reported that Iran was threatening to withdraw funding and/or arms from the Islamist group in light of the threats. Hamas has denied that its operatives have secretly left Syria for other Arab countries and the Gaza Strip.
• Activists said 13 people have been killed in Syria so far today, including a child (WARNING: upsetting footage) and a woman. All of them have been killed in Homs, according to the Local Co-ordination Committees. There have been reports of shelling by tanks and soldiers and Shabiha (thugs supporting Assad) firing on people.
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