By Lyle Brennan PUBLISHED: 10:15 EST, 30 March 2012 | UPDATED: 11:27 EST, 30 March 2012 Syria has been ordered to announce an immediate ceasefire as fears mount that it will not honour an earlier promise to do so. President Bashar al-Assad agreed to a six-point peace plan laid out by Kofi Annan this week - but as fighting rages on, hopes of peace are fading. A spokesman for the UN-Arab League envoy today told the Assad regime: 'The deadline is now.' His demands came as opposition activists reported yet more violence had erupted between soldiers and rebel forces in the country's northern Idlib province today.
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President Assad has agreed to implement six-point peace plan - but says opposition fighters must lay down their weapons first
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Fresh images show the flashpoint city of Homs in ruins as fighting shows little sign of slowing down
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton holds talks with Saudi king to agree strategy to end the 'bloodbath'
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An Arab League summit in Baghdad looks to have achieved little more than support for Kofi Annan's proposal
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Washington refuses to stage military intervention for fears of sparking sectarian civil war
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