14 May 2012
PROVINCES - A team of UN observers on Monday visited the town of Douma in Damascus countryside, while another team of observers visited al-Qusour and al-Khaldieh neighborhoods in Homs.

A third team visited Deir Ezzor and met with its governor Samir Othman al-Sheiklh, who briefed them on life in the province and the crimes perpetrated by terrorists.

Observers also visited the site of the assassination of sheikh Abdelaziz Rashid al-Hafal, one of the elders of al-Okaidat clan in Deir Ezzor, who was killed by terrorists along with his son and his driver in Deir Ezzor.

On a relevant note, media officer of the UN observer mission Hasan Saqlawi said in a statement in front of the UNRWA headquarters in Damascus that the number of the observer mission's members has reached 250, 189 of them military personnel.

© SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2012