SYRIA: U.N. observers leave their hotel in the Syrian capital Damascus

Record ID: 280679

  • Title: SYRIA: U.N. observers leave their hotel in the Syrian capital Damascus
  • Date: 3rd May 2012
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (MAY 2, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF ROTANA HOTEL IN DAMASCUS SYRIAN NATIONAL FLAGS CHIEF OF U.N. SUPERVISION MISSION TO SYRIA, MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT MOOD, WALKING OUT OF HOTEL AND GREETING REPORTERS VARIOUS OF MOOD GETTING INTO U.N. CAR, CAR DRIVING OFF (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEMBER OF THE U.N. ADVANCED TEAM IN SYRIA, NEERAJ SINGH, SAYING: "We are build
  • Embargoed: 18th May 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA5F0ZDVP7PZYW8O1XECZTZ5AY7
  • Story Text: Some of the U.N. monitors charged with overseeing the shaky U.N. brokered truce in Syria were seen leaving their hotel in Damascus on Wednesday morning (May 2).
    The mission is led by Norwegian general Robert Mood, who arrived in Damascus on Sunday (April 29).
    Neeraj Singh from the U.N. advance team said the total number of military observers in Syria was now 31.
    "We are building up the mission. We now have 31 military observers here in the supervision mission in Syria and work is going on. Today the operations will continue."
    On Tuesday (May 1), violence hit two Syrian provinces with a rights group reporting 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in a firefight with rebel gunmen as U.N. monitors sought to shore up a flimsy ceasefire.
    The United Nations accused both sides of breaching the truce and said it had credible reports that at least 34 children had been killed since the accord took effect on April 12.
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