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May 14th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, dozens of others were also injured in the early morning violence on the outskirts of Rastan, in the crisis-hit Homs Province, on Monday.
Three troop carriers were also destroyed in the fighting, the group added.
Armed groups also killed two officers in the capital, Damascus, and the southern city of Dara’a, Syrian official news agency SANA reported.
The latest round of violence comes despite a ceasefire declared by UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan a month ago.
There are currently 189 UN observers in Syria to monitor the truce, some two-thirds of the total intended for deployment as part of a six-point peace plan brokered by Annan.
Meanwhile, the European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on Syria in a bid to increase pressure on the government, which includes an assets freeze and visa ban on two companies and three pro-government figures. It is the 15th round of EU sanctions against Damascus since the beginning of unrest in the country.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011 and many people, including security forces, have been killed in the unrest.
While the West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of the killings, Damascus blames ”outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
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