各方採取行動保證敘利亞停火協議
There are signs the United Nations-brokered cease-fire in Syria is starting to fray, even as efforts are under way to make sure it holds.
Two activist groups and Turkish villagers reported clashes between Syrian troops and rebel forces near the Turkish border Friday. Some of the fighting was reportedly heavy.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian government deployed tanks to the northwestern village of Khirbel el-Joz before gunfire erupted. Separately, the Local Coordination Committees reported tank movements and heavy gunfire in nearby Khirbet el-Joz.
Sipan Hasan with the Syrian Center for Democracy Support, a Netherlands-based group, says the fighting is no accident on the part of the Syrian army.
The fighting comes as Syria's opposition forces have called for widespread protests to test the Syrian government's resolve to abide by the truce. Hasan says more than a million people are expected to take to the streets as part of those protests.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said the Syrian government has agreed to let an advance team of observers into the country.
Ahmad Fawzi told reporters in Geneva "we have the advance team standing by to board planes and to get themselves on the ground as soon as possible.'' He said he expected the U.N. Security Council the pass the necessary resolution later Friday.
Western nations have been pushing the Security Council to send two waves of observers to Syria to monitor and enforce the cease-fire. A draft resolution calls for Syria to give the observers full and unimpeded freedom of movement across the country. It also demands Syria withdraw troops and heavy weapons from population centers.儘管有關方面正在採取行動以維持聯合國斡旋達成的敘利亞停火，但已有跡象顯示，停火開始出現問題。
兩個人權活動組織和土耳其村民報告說，敘利亞軍隊與反政府武裝星期五在土耳其邊界附近發生衝突。據稱，一些戰鬥十分激烈。
總部設在英國的敘利亞人權瞭望臺說，在戰鬥爆發前，政府軍在西北部的基爾貝爾·埃爾-喬茲村部署了坦克。另外，地方協調委員會也報告說，坦克在附近的基爾貝特·埃爾-喬茲行進，並能聽到激烈的槍炮聲。
總部設在荷蘭的敘利亞支持民主中心的哈桑說，戰鬥對於敘利亞軍隊而言並非偶發事件。
在爆發戰鬥之際，敘利亞反對派武裝星期五呼籲舉行廣泛的抗議活動，以檢驗敘利亞政府遵守停火協議的決心。哈桑說，預計將有100多萬人走上街頭參加抗議活動。
與此同時，聯合國-阿拉伯國家聯盟敘利亞問題特使科菲·安南的發言人法瓦茲表示，敘利亞政府已經同意讓一個觀察員先遣小組進入敘利亞。
法瓦茲在日內瓦表示，“已經有一個先遣小組待命，準備今早登機前往敘利亞。”他說，預計聯合國安理會將在星期五晚些時候通過有關觀察行動的一項必要決議。
西方國家一直敦促聯合國安理會向敘利亞派遣兩批觀察員，監督並實施停火。一項決議草案要求敘利亞允許觀察員在敘利亞境內的行動享有全面自由。決議草案還要求把部隊和重型武器撤出人口密集地區。
