Friday, April 20, 2012

UN Observers Arrive in Syria amid protests, Gunfire » observers have been deployed

Brian Wolfe

2:55 PM  -    -  Public
UN Observers Arrive in Syria amid protests, Gunfire »
Seven United Nations observers have been deployed in Syria to ensure compliance with a brokered ceasefire that the government has largely failed to uphold, a spokesman for U.N. envoy Kofi Annan said Friday. The rest of an advanced team of about 30 unarmed monitors is expected in the coming days. Meanwhile, shelling and gunfire resumed in some neighborhoods in the city of Homs, opposition activists said, as world leaders sought tough sanctions against the regime over its failure to fully imple...
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Susan Stone

12:30 PM  -    -  Public
Syria unrest mars UN truce amid mass protests »
Activists say troops fired bullets to disperse protesters with more UN observers expected to arrive in the country soon.