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Syria welcomes ceasefire monitors

BEIRUT - The Syrian government said on Sunday it welcomed United Nations ceasefire monitors, media adviser to Syrian President Bashar Assad Bouthaina Shaaban was quoted by BBC Arabic as saying.
An initial team of UN ceasefire monitors is due to arrive in Syria on Sunday evening and will be deployed on Monday, Ahmad Fawzi, spokesman for international mediator Kofi Annan, said earlier on Sunday.
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