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UN observers visiting Douma and Harasta neighbourhoods

(5 May 2012) AP TELEVISION Douma neighbourhood, Damascus - 5 May 2012 1. Mid of UN officer Ahmad Hmeishi talking to a Syrian soldier 2. Hmeishi walking beside an armoured personnel carrier covered by a tarpaulin 3. Mid of Hmeishi and other UN officers standing next to the armoured personnel carrier AP TELEVISION Harasta neighbourhood, Damascus - 5 May 2012 4. Wide of Syrian army check point 5. Mid of UN officers entering a Syrian army post 6. UN officers leaving the post, alongside TV crews 7. Mid of UN officers greeting local people 8. Mid of UN officers greeting Syrian soldiers 7. Mid of UN officer walking away, with a single Syrian army officer 8. Wide of UN officer uncovering an armoured personnel carrier and taking a photo of it STORYLINE: The UN''''''''s observer mission in Syria inspected two army outposts in the Douma and Harasta neighbourhoods of Damascus on Saturday. The mission is continuing to monitor a failing peace plan brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nearly a month ago. The team entered two military posts where they talked to Syrian officers and uncovered two armoured personnel carriers. UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous said about 40 UN observers were on the ground in Syria so far and that the force would grow to 65 by Sunday. Eventually, the team may expand to up to 300 members. Elsewhere in the country an explosion in a car wash in the northern city of Aleppo killed at least five people on Saturday, activists said. Another blast in Damascus destroyed nine cars. Bomb attacks have grown more frequent in Syria''''''''s two largest cities as the uprising against President Bashar Assad grows increasingly militarised. Many in the opposition have taken up arms since protesters first took to the street in March 2011 and now regularly clash with government forces around the country. But Aleppo and Damascus have remained largely in Assad''''''''s grip, shaken only by bomb blasts that often appear to target buildings associated with the military and security services. The UN says more than 9,000 people have been killed since the uprising''''''''s start. World powers remain divided on how to stop Syria''''''''s crisis, though all have fallen in behind a plan put forward by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that seeks a cease-fire in order for all sides to engage in political dialogue. But the truce that was to begin on April 12 has never really taken hold. A spokesman for Annan, however, said on Friday the international envoy believes his peace plan for Syrian remains "on track" - a day after the Obama administration offered a far bleaker view, saying that the plan might be doomed. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...