SYRIA: U.N. monitors head out for humanitarian visits in the Syrian capital Damascus

Record ID: 281047

  • Title: SYRIA: U.N. monitors head out for humanitarian visits in the Syrian capital Damascus
  • Date: 17th July 2012
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (JULY 17, 2012) (REUTERS) UNSMIS CHIEF, GENERAL ROBERT MOOD, ARRIVING AT HOTEL MOOD ENTERING LIFT U.N. MONITORS IN HOTEL LOBBY MAP OF DAMASCUS IN THE HAND OF A U.N. MONITOR VARIOUS MORE OF U.N. MONITORS IN HOTEL LOBBY U.N. MONITORS EXITING HOTEL VARIOUS OF U.N. MONITORS OUTSIDE, BY CARS CAR LEAVING U.N. MONITORS GETTING IN CAR VARIOUS OF CARS LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 1st August 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Conflict,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA8YB3TMUPS0CDTYRRR976AIKI3
  • Story Text: U.N. monitors set off on humanitarian visits around Damascus on Tuesday (July 17), as clashes in the Syrian capital carried on for a third day.
    The monitors were planning to visit hospitals and schools ahead of a Security Council session on Wednesday (July 18) that would define the future of their mission in the country.
    This violence is the fiercest fighting to hit Syria's seat of power since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began 17 months ago and comes as United Nations envoy Kofi Annan is visiting Moscow to promote a peace plan for Syria.
    Annan is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, but Russia still appears resistant to Western calls for Moscow to increase pressure on Assad.
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