Residents tried to persuade the observers to visit the Hamidiya area but they refused to enter on safety grounds, according to opposition activists.

Video from Monday appeared to show shots being fired while observers visited Hama.

Because international observers have not visited many of the camps, the number of captives cannot be determined with certainty.

Until then, the observers will visit both sides in the 11-year civil war as human rights monitors.

Apparently observers had visited the islands, made sketches of their general appearance, and an artist had later portrayed them in relation to the bird's-eye view.

The observers in Syria are visiting three more cities today.

Some 30,000 Syrians took to the streets of Homs as the observers visited, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

From the city center with its vibrant markets, the idea that observers from the Arab League are visiting...

- The Arab League's observers are visiting three more cities today as part of their mission to assess if Bashar al-Assad's regime has ceased violence.

In a practice many rights groups question, the Government has been placing restrictions on the places observers can visit in Chiapas.