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Syria 'blocks' UN from Qubair 'massacre site'
Source: BBC
7 June 2012 Last updated at 13:45 GMT
Syria 'blocks' UN from Qubair 'massacre site'
UN monitors in Syria say the army has been preventing them from reaching the village of Qubair, where 78 people are reported to have been massacred.
"They are being stopped at Syrian army checkpoints and in some cases turned back," the UN mission commander said.
Monitors were continuing their efforts to reach the scene near the western city of Hama, he added.
A subsequent Syrian state TV report that monitors had in fact entered the village could not be confirmed.
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Syria 'blocks' UN from Qubair 'massacre site'
UN monitors in Syria say the army has been preventing them from reaching the village of Qubair, where 78 people are reported to have been massacred.
"They are being stopped at Syrian army checkpoints and in some cases turned back," the UN mission commander said.
Monitors were continuing their efforts to reach the scene near the western city of Hama, he added.
A subsequent Syrian state TV report that monitors had in fact entered the village could not be confirmed.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18352281
