Vehicles of a convoy of United Nations monitors observing the ceasefire in Syria were damaged by a roadside bomb in the province of Idlib in the northwest of the country but no UN personnel were injured, Press TV reported.UN Spokesman Martin Nesirky underlined that a hand-made bomb exploded while a four-car convoy that transports international monitors crossed, causing no casualties, state-run news agency SANA reported.
"The explosion that took place at Khan Sheikhoun in Hama hit three cars for the monitors with damages causing no causalities," AFP quoted Nesirky as saying today.
Earlier, Ahmad Fawzi, Spokesman for the UN Special Envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan said "A blast of an explosive device caused damage to a four-vehicle convoy belonging to the UN observers in Khan Sheikhoun, near Hama."Reuters quoted Fawzi in a message published on Twitter as saying that the explosive device was exploded in Khan Sheikhoun near Hama and no injuries reported.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. While the West and the Syrian opposition say the government is responsible for the killings, Damascus blames “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
Meanwhile, UN observers continue to monitor a ceasefire, which has officially been in effect for more than three weeks.
The convoy teams visited on Tuesday the cities and neighborhoods of Idleb, Homs, Douma and Hama, meeting some of the locals.
The ceasefire is part of a six-point peace plan presented by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan in March.
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16-05-2012 - 17:33 Last updated 16-05-2012 - 17:33
Gen. Mood: Those Who Use Violence against the Syrian People and International Observers Should Reconsider Their Acts
May 16, 2012
DAMASCUS, (SANA)- Head of the international observer mission to Syria, Gen. Robert Mood, on Wednesday said all those who are using violence against the Syrian people or against the international community represented by the observers should reconsider their acts as they will not contribute to realizing the aspirations of the Syrian people. In a press statement reported by the United Press International, Gen. Mood praised the cooperation provided by the Syrian government to the international observers in this regard.
He talked about the incident which happened to one of his teams in Khan Sheikhoun town in the province of Idleb, in which two of their vehicles broke down. "This is definitely not the kind of violence we want," said Gen. Mood, expressing hope that this kind of violence would not be repeated.
He noted that the observer team have just left Khan Sheikhoun and were on their way back to Damascus.
Head of the international observer mission thanked the Syrian authorities for their cooperation, applauding the Syrian government's role in facilitating and coordinating the transport of the two hit vehicles and the team's departure from the town of Khan Sheikhoun.
On Tuesday, a team of the observers were hit in an explosive device blast targeting one of their vehicles in Khan Sheikhoun town in the Idleb, which caused damage to two vehicles, while no one was harmed.
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