UN observers arrive in Syria as shelling continues
An advance team of six UN observers has arrived in the Syrian capital to monitor the country’s ceasefire, which appeared to be rapidly unravelling today as regime forces pounded the opposition stronghold of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, activists said.
Even though the overall level of violence has dropped significantly, government attacks over the weekend raised new doubts about President Bashar Assad’s commitment to UN special envoy Kofi Annan’s plan to end 13 months of violence and launch talks on Syria’s political future.
