US: Syria violence casts doubt on UN observer mission
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Sporadic violence across Syria in violation of a shaky 4-day-old truce cast doubt over UN plans to expand a small observer mission charged with overseeing an end to 13 months of conflict, the US envoy to the United Nations said Monday.
A handful of observers arrived in Damascus on Sunday, a day after the 15-nation UN Security Council voted unanimously to authorize an initial deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers. (Reuters)
