At least 28 people were killed at the weekend, including five soldiers,  the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
A handout picture released by Shaam News Network purportedly shows Syrian army tanks hidden inside a schoolyard before the arrival of the UN monitors to the city of Deir al-Zor, according to the opposition activists. United Nations ceasefire monitors were touring towns near the Syrian capital, an official said, as the European Union slapped new sanctions on the regime of Bashar al-Assad.