NEW : President Omar al - Assad has reached the ` ` point of no return , '' says an Israeli minister . 24 people are killed during clashes in Syria , a rights groups says . The date coincides with an Arab League summit . International pressure has been mounting against al - Qaeda .
NEW : President Bashar al-Assad has passed the `` point of no return , '' says an Israeli minister . 24 people are killed during clashes in Syria , a rights groups says . The violence coincides with an Arab League deadline . International pressure has been mounting against al-Assad .