JORDAN: Anti-Assad activists protesting near the Syrian embassy in Amman say they doubt the ceasefire plans brokered by Kofi Annan will succeed in ending the bloodshed

Record ID: 276352

  • Title: JORDAN: Anti-Assad activists protesting near the Syrian embassy in Amman say they doubt the ceasefire plans brokered by Kofi Annan will succeed in ending the bloodshed
  • Date: 14th April 2012
  • Summary: PLACARD (IN ARABIC) READING: "37 MARTYRS YESTERDAY IN SYRIA AND ANNAN SAYS THE SYRIAN TROOPS ARE COMMITTED TO THE CEASEFIRE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY DID NOT COMMIT TO THE CEASEFIRE?" PROTESTER WITH DRUM AND OTHERS JUMPING MORE OF PROTESTERS JUMPING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN NATIONAL, SAFOUH AL BARAZEE, SAYING "Indications show that the ceasefire plan is a failure b
  • Embargoed: 29th April 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Jordan, Jordan
  • Country: Jordan
  • Reuters ID: LVA3RYCOWPM1Z84B42IXECWBPAJN
  • Story Text: Protesting anti-Assad activists near the Syrian embassy in Jordan on Friday (April 13) cast doubt over the success of the Annan brokered ceasefire plan that aims to end bloodshed in Syria.
    Demonstrators gathered near the embassy after Friday prayers, calling for removal of president Bashar al-Assad and unity among the Syrian people.
    They also played down the significance of the one-day-old ceasefire following the death of nearly 50 people since the truce started on Thursday (April 12).
    Indications show that the ceasefire plan is a failure because they would not pull the army out of the streets. They did not stop killing until now," said Syrian national Safouh al Barazi.
    "Killing is continuing in Syria. Yesterday there were more than 30 martyrs and today, until now, 20 martyrs. Annan's initiative gives al-Assad time so he might be able to end this blessed revolution," said activist Mohammad Etri.
    The U.N. Security Council was working on a resolution authorising the dispatch of an advance party of U.N. observers to monitor the truce.
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