潘基文、安南要求敘利亞准許監督員進入反政府的哈費鎮

U.N. Secretary-GenerAl Ban Ki-Moon and international envoy Kofi Annan have called on Syria to allow U.N. monitors to enter a rebellious northwestern town where the United States fears Syrian security forces are planning to massacre civilians.

Syrian activists and residents of Al-Haffeh say government helicopters and tanks have been attacking the town in Latakia province, trapping many civilians. In a statement released late Monday, Mr. Ban said it is important for U.N. observers to be granted "unimpeded access" to Al-Haffeh. Earlier, Mr. Annan had expressed "grave concern" about the situation in the town and "demanded" that the monitors be allowed to enter "immediately."

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington is deeply alarmed about reports from inside Syria that government forces "may be organizing" massacres in Al-Haffeh and other opposition strongholds, including the Damascus suburbs, Daraa, Deir el-Zour, Hama and Homs.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said nationwide attacks by government and rebel forces killed at least 63 civilians and 21 troops on Monday.聯合國祕書長潘基文和國際特使安南要求敘利亞政府允許聯合國監督人員進入反政府的敘利亞西北部城鎮哈費。聯合國擔心，敘利亞安全部隊正在計劃對平民進行屠殺。

敘利亞活動人士和哈費居民說，敘利亞政府軍的直升機和坦克對拉塔基亞省的這座城市進行轟襲，使很多平民困在城裏。潘基文星期一晚間發表聲明說，允許聯合國觀察員“不受阻礙地進入”哈費是非常重要的。早些時候，安南表示對哈費的局勢深感擔憂，並要求敘利亞當局允許監督人員立即進入哈費。

美國國務院發言人紐蘭說，來自敘利亞的消息顯示當局可能正在計劃在哈費以及其他反對派控制的地區進行屠殺，包括大馬士革郊區、達拉、代爾祖爾、哈馬和霍姆斯，華盛頓方面對這些報道深表憂慮。

總部設在英國的敘利亞人權瞭望臺說，敘利亞政府軍和反政府武裝星期一在全國範圍的攻擊造成至少63名平民和21名軍人死亡。