SNC Urges Observers to Attend Funeral of Mourners Killed Friday in Damascus

The opposition Syrian National Council called on U.N. observers on Saturday to visit the Damascus neighborhoods of Kfar Sousa and Tadamon where nine people died during demonstrations and funerals a day earlier.

In a statement, the SNC urged the observers to visit "where the funerals of the martyrs killed Friday will be held."

Regime forces opened fire on hundreds of mourners during a funeral procession, forcing people to flee in panic as bullets whizzed overhead.

The violence has further highlighted doubts over a peace plan brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan nearly a month ago.

A spokesman for Annan said Friday the international envoy believes his peace plan for Syrian remains "on track.”