A group of Arab League monitors arrived to Syria late on Monday on a mission to check whether the peace plan is being observed, Al Jazeera reported.
Under the Arab peace plan, the government should withdraw the troops from civilian areas. However, activists say 45 people were killed in ongoing clashes all across the country, including 33 deaths in the protest hotspot of Homs.
The group of 50 Arab Leage observers and ten officials arrived at 22:00 Moscow time [18:00 GMT]. The mission's head, Sudanese General Mustafa Daby, arrived with the advance group of observers to Syria last Thursday
The observers will officially begin their mission on Tuesday. Arab League plans to eventually boost the number of international monitors in Syria to 150. According to media reports, the observers will oversee the situation in the troubled cities of Homs and Hama, the capital Damascus and the northern city of Idlib.
The task of the monitoring mission is to assess the real situation in the country. In particular, mission members will investigate who is responsible for civilian deaths: whether members of the military and interior minister employees or armed militants, including foreigners, as the Syrian authorities claim.
The monitoring mission will comprise civil and military specialists. They are to be granted freedom of movement under the protection of the Syrian army.
The unrest in Syria began in March. The UN says that 5,000 people have died in clashes since then.
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