• The former chief of the UN nuclear watchdog, IAEA and the Egyptian Nobel laureate, Mohammed ElBaradei will head an Arab League mediation mission in Syria.
  • Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi asked El Baradei to play the role of a mediator to resolve the ongoing crisis in Syria, which he has accepted.
  • ElBardei was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
 
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