By the CNN Wire Staff
November 30, 2011 -
- Updated 0631 GMT (1431 HKT)
Arab League sanctions punish Syria
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
.The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meets Wednesday to discuss Syria
.The organization, which meets in Saudi Arabia, is made up of 57 states
.It comes two days after the Syrian foreign minister decried Arab League sanctions
.The sanctions include cutting ties with the Syrian central bank and freezing government assets
(CNN) -- The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation will hold an emergency meeting in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to discuss the Syrian government's crackdown on protesters calling for regime change there.
It will include foreign ministers from most of the 57 nations that make up the body, said Isam Shanti, the organization's spokesman.
The organization, which meets in Jeddah, is the collective voice of the Muslim world, according to the spokesman.
Shanti declined to provide more details on what is on the agenda for the meeting.
It comes two days after the Syrian foreign minister decried Arab League sanctions as targeting the nation's citizens.
"The intended victims are the Syrian people," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said from Damascus.
Foreign ministers from 19 Arab League countries this week voted to slap economic sanctions on the Syrian regime, including cutting ties with the nation's central bank, banning high-profile officials from visiting Arab countries and freezing government assets.
Iraq and Lebanon abstained from the voting, officials said.
The foreign minister accused the Arab League of trying to escalate the situation to a broader international level rather than following agreements reached with Syrian officials.
"If you think you can undermine the Syrian regime, you are deluded," he said.
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby said a committee examining how to implement the sanctions will focus on protecting civilians while targeting the government.
Pro-regime protesters rallied in Syria to condemn the Arab League sanctions and support President Bashar al-Assad, according to Syrian state media.
The SANA news agency published photos of supporters waving flags in Damascus and reported similar pro-government demonstrations in other Syrian cities.
The uprising against al-Assad began in February with limited protests and widened in mid-March, when peaceful protests in Daraa were met with violent suppression. In the following months, protests have continued across the country, with protesters demanding al-Assad's ouster and democratic elections.
Earlier this month, the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights estimated that government forces had killed at least 3,500 people.
Syria's government has consistently blamed armed gangs for the violence and said security forces are protecting the people.
At least 16 people died in clashes nationwide on Tuesday, including three soldiers who defected, according to the Local Coordination Committees' activist network.
CNN is unable to independently confirm events occurring inside Syria because the government does not allow journalists free access to the country.
Journalist Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and CNN's Saad Abedine contributed to this report.
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