Syria still faces continuing violence despite the arrival of Arab League observers in the country. On Thursday, amateur video emerged purportedly showing Arab League observers running from gunfire.
The killings in Syria show no sign of abating.
In the restive city of Homs, amateur video emerged on Thursday that seemed to show the body of a dead child being placed on the bonnet of an Arab League vehicle.
The caption posted with the online footage alleged the child was killed by Syrian government forces in the city.
This amateur footage also showed observers amid gunfire.
Casualty figures and other information are hard to verify as most foreign media are barred from Syria.
The mission of the Arab League peace monitors is to check whether government forces have halted violence against protesters. Opposition activists say the city of Homs has seen the worst of the violence since the revolt began nine months ago, with army tanks in action and three dozen people killed the day before the monitors arrived.
The monitors headed to three more Syrian cities on Thursday. These cities included Deraa, Hama and Idlib.
The Arab mission is the first significant international involvement in Syria’s conflict.
Though President Bashar Assad’s regime has made concessions to the observers, the military seemed intent on pressing ahead with a campaign to put down mostly peaceful protests.
In the two days since the Arab monitors arrived, amateur video that continues to emerge seems to indicate the bloodshed has not stopped.
