News Alert: U.N. suspends mission in Syria because of increasing violence

	Saturday, June 16, 2012 8:59:21 AM NEWS ALERT U.N. suspends mission in Syria because of increasing violence The United Nations suspended its monitoring mission in Syria on Saturday, a day after the chief observer there warned that spiraling bloodshed was hindering the ability of his team to fulfill its obligations. Maj. General Robert Mood, the chief of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria, announced the suspension in a brief statement that cited the "significant risks" to the lives of the monitors posed by the escalating violence. The collapse of the U.N. mission in Syria would effectively close the international community's main window into the crisis in Syria and expose the United Nations to charges of abandoning civilians to slaughter. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/un-observer-chief-in-syria-questions-viability-of-mission-safety-of-monitors/2012/06/15/gJQA8vW7eV_story.html Or visit washingtonpost.com. SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-MAIL CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071  ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy