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Syrian activists call for UN protection
September 8, 2011

Syrian pro-democracy activists on Thursday called for the United Nations to send international observers to Syria.

"The Syrian people calls on the United Nations to adopt a resolution to set up a permanent observer mission in Syria," activists said on their Facebook page, "Syrian Revolution 2011."

"We demand access to the international media, we demand the protection of civilians," they said, also calling for fresh demonstrations on Friday, the Muslim day of rest and prayers.

The UN Security Council on August 3 condemned Syria's deadly attacks on civilians and called for those responsible to be held "accountable."

The United Nations says 2,200 people have been killed, most of them civilians, since democracy protests flared in Syria in mid-March.


-AFP/NOW Lebanon