U.N. Says It Will End Its Observer Mission In Syria

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmund Mulet speaks to press. UN Photo/Mark Garten

U.N. Monitors Quit, Saying Syrians Choose "Path Of War" -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Syria's government and rebels have "chosen the path of war", a U.N. peacekeeping chief said as the world body ended its doomed monitoring mission to Damascus and deadlock persists among world powers over how to contain the spreading conflict.

Two weeks after former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan quit as mediator in frustration with the failure of a four-month-old truce, military observers have no peace on the ground to monitor and U.N. officials said on Thursday the last of the few dozen remaining team members would quit Damascus by August 24.

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More News On the UN Ending It`s Observer Status In Syria

UN Syria observer mission over, says Security Council -- BBC
As Diplomatic Efforts Stall in Syria, U.N. Says It Will End Its Observer Mission -- New York Times
U.N. Syria mission to end, new blow to peace efforts -- Reuters
UN Security Council Ends Syria Observer Mission -- Voice of America
UN to Open Liaison Office in Syria -- Voice of America
UN ends observer mission in Syria, but isn't giving up -- Christian Science Monitor
UN terminates observer mission in Syria amid increasing violence and chaos -- Examiner
Syria: UN observer mission to end, to be replaced by liaison office, official says -- UN News Centre