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Truce monitors aim to keep Syria peace plan on track
• http://www.reuters.com, By Stephanie NebehayHowever, the Syrian government said on Sunday it had a right to refuse monitors depending on their nationalities. Government spokeswoman and presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban also said the government could not be responsible for the safety of the monitors unless it was involved in "all steps on the ground".
Four days after a ceasefire was meant to come into effect, Syrian government forces shelled the city of Homs on Sunday, resident opposition activists and a rights activist said."Of course we are hoping that the process holds together until the observers get on the ground," Fawzi told Reuters in Geneva.