Syria Ceasefire Is 'Still Alive', Annan Says

UN special envoy Kofi Annan has insisted a planned ceasefire to end the fighting in Syria remains "very much alive", despite regime troops launching new attacks across the Turkish border.

Speaking in Tehran on Wednesday he said he had "received assurances from the Syrian government that they will respect the ceasefire".

His remarks came just hours after Turkish media reported that shots were fired by Syrian forces at a refugee camp just across the border inside Turkey.

News channel CNN-Turk showed images of automatic rifle fire towards Turkish territory near Kilis from a border surveillance building flying the Syrian flag.

Several television stations reported that troops had fired at Syrians trying to cross no man's land on the frontier to seek refuge in Turkey from the violence rocking Syria.

On Tuesday activists said 26 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the city of Homs in an army bombardment.

China has reiterated Mr Annan's calls for all sides in Syria to respond to the six-point proposal. Read More