The U.N. Security Council yesterday agreed to expand the small team monitoring the fragile ceasefire in Syria to 300 members. Kofi Annan, the U.N./Arab League envoy, said the decision was a “pivotal moment in the stabilization of the country.” Meanwhile, the fighting in Syria continues. Activists said Syrian troops shelled a Damascus suburb and rebels [...]
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed in a vote on Saturday to send 300 observers to Syria to monitor a shaky ceasefire as UN monitors visited the restive province of Homs. Read Post
International envoy Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that the international observer mission to Syria is the last chance to stabilize the country. Otherwise, he said, it could plunge into a full-scale civil war. ... Read Post
The UN Security Council has unanimously voted in favour of sending a team of monitors into Syria to observe the ceasefire amid reports of fresh violence. The vote, made on a Western-Arab UN draft resolution, comes two days after the... Read Post