ISTANBUL
Syria's Muslim Brotherhood extended support to the Annan plan on Monday.
Spokesperson of the group, Zoheir Salem, said in a statement that the Syrian administration, which had claimed that it had accepted the Annan plan, had violated the plan and killed more than 60 people in the last four days.
Salem welcomed Annan plan, and the United Nations' (UN) decision to send international observers to Syria, but said that they would not extend unconditional support to an empty cease-fire.
The spokesperson said Syrian people were paying the price of slow action of international community with their blood, and the Syrian administration was using it as an opportunity and making use of the process.
The wave of "Arab Spring" reached Syria on March 15, 2011 and Syrian people started to protest the government in a small southern city. The government responded with heavy-handed force, and demonstrations quickly spread across much of the country. Thousands of people are reported to be killed in ongoing protests in Syria so far.
Syria was expelled from the Arab League after it agreed to a peace plan only to step up attacks on protesters. In late 2011 and early 2012, Syria agreed to allow league observers into the country. But their presence did nothing to slow the violence.
