TURKEY: Syrian opposition leader Abdulaziz al-Maslad says UN peace monitoring group to Syria is not enough and calls for greater international intervention

Record ID: 276360

  • Title: TURKEY: Syrian opposition leader Abdulaziz al-Maslad says UN peace monitoring group to Syria is not enough and calls for greater international intervention
  • Date: 17th April 2012
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (APRIL 16, 2012) (REUTERS) SYRIAN OPPOSITION MEMBERS HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE SYRIAN TRIBAL LEADERS SITTING ON STAGE JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SYRIAN TRIBAL LEADER ABDULAZIZ AL-MASLAD SAYING: "We have really bad experiences with the regime, you know, we don't have a regime, in fact we have a slaughter there is in Syria, killing our children,
  • Embargoed: 2nd May 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Turkey, Turkey
  • Country: Turkey
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA65N0Q9PBGLHNHCWXC95T4VO2O
  • Story Text: A Syrian opposition leader said on Monday (March 16) that a UN monitoring mission to Syria was not enough to solve the country's crisis.
    Tribal leader Abdulaziz al-Maslad, who held a news conference in istanbul, urged the international community to further intervene.
    "We have a slaughter there is in Syria, (government forces are ) killing our children, killing our people, destroying cities... many families (are) in the streets. We need a solution to the problems there. Sending people just to watch the ceasefire is not enough, we need more, we need people to help us to overthrow this regime," Maslad.
    "We don't need this slaughter anymore in our country. We need our children to be raised in peace and dignity. We don't want this slaughter to exist for another five decades in Syria. please, from here we ask and we urge for the support and help of the international society," he added.
    An advance team of U.N. ceasefire monitors started work in Syria on Monday, seeking to ensure that both government forces and the opposition respect the terms of a truce, mediator Kofi Annan's spokesman said.
    A team of six observers arrived in Damascus late on Sunday night (April 15), led by Moroccan Colonel Ahmed Himmiche.
    The United Nations Security Council agreed on Saturday (April 14) to send the unarmed monitors to supervise the ceasefire that officially began last Thursday (April 12) but has been marked by reports of violence and shelling in the flashpoint city of Homs.
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