Arab League monitors cannot reach centre of Homs

Arab League monitors have spent their first night in the Syrian City of Homs, Euronews reports.

About 50 specialists, including the military, have arrived to the city which is considered the center for clashes with the regime of President Bashar Assad. Major clashes happened at the Baba Amr Quarters of Homs, at least 29 people were killed, opposition says.

Burhan Ghalioun, head of the Syrian National Council, said in Paris that the monitoring mission failed to reach the Baba Amr Quarters due to lack of vehicles.

The UN says that over 5,000 people have died in Syria in the last 9 months. Damascus says that armed terrorists trying to destabilize the state are carrying out the attacks against the army and police.

Arab League monitors arrived in Syria to make sure Assad fulfills his promise to withdraw forces from residential areas.