Syria: UN monitors ‘blocked from reaching Al-Haffe’

“We asked the monitors to tell this to the media, but they said they did
not want to,” he added.

Syrian state television reported that UN vehicles had run over three residents
near Latakia who were trying to explain to the observers the suffering they
were being subjected to by “armed terrorist groups.”

Al-Haffe has been pounded for more than a week, while Free Syrian Army rebels
have clashed with regime troops at the town’s edges in fierce fighting, Abu
Mohammed said, adding that “the town is completely besieged but regime
forces have so far been unable to enter it.”

At least 120 people have been killed in the fighting, including 68 troops, 29
civilians and 23 rebel fighters, with hundreds wounded, Abdel Rahman told
AFP.

While clashes on the edges of town have been vicious, activists fear that
should regime forces make it inside, the consequences would be massive.

“Many of the residents have been unable to flee, and as it is, there has
been no supply of bread or medical equipment to Al-Haffe for a week,”
said Abu Mohammed.

The activist added that the neighbouring village of Tfil “has been
completely destroyed by shelling. Only one or two houses remain,” he
said.

Source: AFP

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