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Presence of observers in Syria has ‘calming effect’ in areas deployed – UN official
Amid ongoing violence in parts of Syria, the presence of UN military observers on the ground has had an overall calming effect in their areas of deployment in the Middle Eastern country, the head of the UN observer force said today.
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