(Reuters) - The Arab League moved a step closer to imposing economic sanctions on Syria on Wednesday and signaled it was running out of patience with President Bashar al-Assad's failure to halt an eight-month-old crackdown on protests.Syrian army defectors attacked an intelligence complex on the edge of Damascus in a high-profile assault that showed how close the popular uprising against Assad's rule now is to sliding into armed conflict.Further intensifying the international pressure on Assad to end his repression of protests, France withdrew its ambassador from Syria and Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Paris was working with the Arab League on a draft U.N. resolution.
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