At least 25 killed in Syria three days before elections

Three days before the parliamentary elections scheduled for Monday in Syria to elect 250 deputies, the violence continued today in the country, killing at least 25 deaths, while protests continued against the regime of President Bashar al Assad. Most casualties occurred in the provinces of Homs, Aleppo and Idlib, while in many parts of the country were held demonstrations organized by the rebels under the slogan "Our honesty". The opposition announced it would boycott the elections, after two candidates were killed during protests in Daraa and Idlib. However, state television is lowered the importance of violence and candidates and invited to qualify for programs simple "crisis" what happens in the country, the result of a foreign conspiracy against Syria for its "resistance" against Israel. However, the Syrian-Kurdish activist Lokman Suleiman fled to Turkey, told that the peaceful revolution is over. "Now has started the armed revolution." The deserters began attacking security forces, he said, and charged that extremists imprisoned for years and now released, commit atrocities in the name of the Syrian Army Free. Meanwhile, the head of the mission of UN observers should monitor the cease-fire, Lieutenant General Robert Mood, said the military must take the first step to end violence. "The strongest part is the one to take the first step," Mood, who on Thursday toured areas of Hama and Homs rebels. From today there will be eight observers in the southern province of Daraa, 12 in Homs, Hama eight and four in Idlib, the military said. The UN goal is to deploy in the coming weeks to 300 observers in Syria. The peace plan brokered by Kofi Annan's special envoy expected a cessation of hostilities, withdrawal of heavy weapons from populated areas, access to the media and political dialogue between the parties.