Syrian opposition party: The government wants the UN observer mission to fail

"We hold the Syrian regime fully responsible. We believe that the Syrian regime is trying, through these messages, to cause the international monitors to fail in their mission, because it views this mission as standing in the way of implementing repressive actions against the Syrian people."

"This is up to Mr Annan, and whether he decides to announce that his initiative has reached a dead end because the Syrian regime has not respected its requirements."