The nine-month old uprising is said to have been further emboldened by the presence of 60 Arab League monitors who arrived in Syria at the beginning of the week. <br /><br />Their brief is to spearhead the implementation of a peace plan -- <br /><br />But with continuing daily confrontations and the observers accompanied by government security and officials some believe they will not see the full picture.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Syrian activists are calling for more protests across the country on Friday. <br /><br />They say they want Arab League monitors to take action to end the violence.<br /><br />At least 38 people were killed by security forces on Thursday. <br /><br />Al Jazeera's Nick Toksvig reports.
