First team of UN monitors arrives in Syria

First team of UN monitors arrives in Syria

GENEVA (AP) — The advance team of six U.N. observers has arrived in Damascus to monitor Syria’s 4-day-old cease-fire, International envoy Kofi Annan’s spokesman said today. Ahmad Fawzi says the advance team will be led by Moroccan Colonel Ahmed Himmiche, and the remaining 25 observers are expected to arrive days from now.