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DAMASCUS, Aug 20 (KUNA) -- A UN team arrives in Damascus Saturday to assess
humanitarian situations in a number of riot-hit Syrian cities.
The team, headed by the director of the UN humanitarian affairs office in
Geneva, will be visiting the cities of Al-Zabadani and Doma outside Damascus,
a western diplomat said in a press statement.
He said the UN team would also visit cities of Homs, Tal Kalkh in central
Syria, as well as Latakia and Idleb, and Hama, Rasten and Talbisa.
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is set to appear on state-run TV tomorrow
about the developments in the country, and will speak about pressure being
exerted on Syria. (end)
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