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May 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
But despite his appeal, human rights monitors reported no let-up in the
violence, a day after a series of blasts condemned by Ban as “terrorist
bomb attacks” killed more than 20 people.
Nine members of a single family were among the 10 killed in the regime
bombardment of a village in Idlib province in the northwest, the
Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said.
A mortar round slammed into their home in Mashmashan village near the town of
Jisr al-Shughur, the watchdog said, adding that four women and two children
were among the dead.
Outside Damascus, an 80-year-old man was killed in the town of Qatna by
gunfire from a minibus, the Observatory said. It cited residents as saying
the vehicle belonged to the security forces.
In Deir Ezzor province in the northeast, 12 soldiers were killed in clashes
with rebel fighters, the watchdog added.
One civilian was also killed during the fighting in the Busayra area of the
province, in which troops responded with missile and heavy machinegun fire,
it said.
Mr Ban called on all sides to work with the UN observer mission as it expands
from the current advance party of 30 to a promised full complement of 300 in
the coming days and weeks.
“While noting improvements in areas where UN monitors are deployed, the
secretary general remains gravely concerned by reports of continued
violence, killing and abuses in Syria in recent days,” a statement
said.
He called “for armed violence in all its forms by all parties to cease
immediately and full cooperation of all parties with the work of UN
Supervision Mission in Syria as it expands its presence on the ground.”
Two observers are already deployed in Idlib, a province bordering Turkey where
rebel fighters of the Free Syrian Army have been active. There are none in
Deir Ezzor.
Two observers each have been deployed in three other protest centres – the
flashpoint central cities of Hama and Homs, and Dera’a province, south of
Damascus and cradle of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s
regime that broke out in March last year.
The other 22 remain based in the capital.
In Monday’s violence, bombings rocked Idlib city and the Damascus suburbs,
with the deadliest hitting security buildings in Idlib.
“The blasts targeted two security headquarters, one housing air force
intelligence and the other military intelligence,” Observatory chief
Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.
The official SANA news agency said “terrorists” were behind the
attacks by “suicide bombers.”
State television broadcast footage of blood stains on the ground, and groups
of angry people denouncing the violence and expressing support for Assad’s
regime.
“Is this the freedom they want?” shouted one man, standing near a
woman who was carrying a child with blood running down his forehead.
In his statement, the UN chief condemned what he called “terrorist bomb
attacks” in Idlib and Damascus.
But the opposition Syrian National Council again accused the authorities of
orchestrating the violence.
“The Assad regime is trying in various ways to mislead and distract (UN)
observers in order to prevent them carrying out their work,” the SNC
said, calling for “an international commission of inquiry to uncover
who was behind the explosions.”
Source: AFP
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