阿盟調查小組抵達前敘利亞打死11人
Syria's death toll mounted on Thursday, ahead of the arrival of an advance team of Arab League observers.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA that nine civilians were killed during security force raids in the Homs region. The group says two other civilians died during unrest in northern Idlib province.
The violence unfolded as the advance team of observers prepared to begin its mission to help ensure that the Syrian government is following through on pledges to stop attacks on anti-government protesters.
The team is preparing for the eventual deployment of hundreds of monitors. Syria agreed to allow the observers into the country under global pressure to stop its bloody crackdown on nine months of anti-government unrest.
Syrian opposition officials say troops have killed at least 250 people since Monday -- one of the bloodiest periods since the anti-government uprising began in March.
The opposition Syrian National Council is urging the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the situation. It also wants the U.N. to declare safe zones inside Syria.在阿拉伯國家聯盟觀察員先遣小組抵達敘利亞前，星期四敘利亞的死亡人數繼續上升。
敘利亞人權瞭望臺對美國之音表示，安全部隊對霍姆斯地區進行突襲期間打死九名平民。該組織說，還有兩名平民在敘利亞北部伊德利卜省的騷亂中喪生。
在暴力發生之際，阿盟的觀察員先遣小組正準備開始其使命，確保敘利亞政府履行承諾停止對反政府示威者發動進攻。
這個小組正在爲派遣數百名阿盟觀察員做準備。在國際社會要求停止血腥鎮壓持續了九個月的反政府抗議活動的壓力下，敘利亞同意讓觀察員入境。
敘利亞反對派官員說，政府軍星期一以來打死了至少250人。這是反政府抗議活動於今年3月開始以來最血腥的時期之一。
反對派敘利亞全國委員會敦促聯合國安理會召開緊急會議商討敘利亞局勢。該組織還希望聯合國在敘利亞境內設置安全區。
