UN Special Envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan. Photo: wiki commons.

CBS News – World powers share a “profound concern” that Syria could descend into civil war, international envoy Kofi Annan said Tuesday, but nations remain committed to his six-point peace plan and have pledged to deploy 300 cease-fire monitors there by the end of the month.

He warned, however, that the world can’t wait forever for the cease-fire plan to work, and noted that the bloodshed hasn’t ended despite the truce.

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