1、Violence has continued in Syria, a hot potato in the Middle East despite a UN-backed deadline for a complete withdrawal of troops and weapons has already passed.Syrian troops were supposed to have completed their withdrawal from population centers and stopped the use of heavy weaponry before the dea
2、dline, ahead of a full ceasefire coming into place on Thursday.However, Syrian forces opened fire across two tense borders, killing a TV journalist in Lebanon and at least two people in a refugee camp next to Turkish border. The UN special envoy on Syrian issue Kofi Annan has arrived in Turkey to visit the assaulted camp.For more on Syrian situation, I spoke earlier to Professor Li Guofu, a senior researcher on Middle East issues at the China Institute of International Studies.
