Violence erupts in Syrian city of Aleppo

At least two demonstrators were killed by the Syrian military when thousands took to the streets of Aleppo and Damascus to protest the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Anti-regime protests in Aleppo have been growing since a raid on dormitories at Aleppo University killed four students and forced the temporary closure of the state-run school earlier this month.
On Thursday, some 15,000 students demonstrated outside the gates of Aleppo University in the presence of U.N. observers, before security forces broke up the protest.
Even bigger numbers took to the streets on Friday.
Opposition activists said security forces opened fire on protests in several locations, including Aleppo, the Damascus suburbs and the central city of Hama.
The head of the U.N. observer mission in Syria warned that neither his team nor armed action could solve the country's crisis, and called on all sides to discuss a solution.
Major-General Robert Mood also added The United Nations observer mission is nearly fully staffed.
"I anticipate that we will achieve the final phase of full operational capacity in record time."
International powers have pinned their hopes on the peace plan for Syria that special envoy Kofi Annan brokered in April.
The plan paved the way for the U.N. observers, and it calls for a cease-fire and dialogue to end the conflict.
Both sides have flouted the cease-fire, raising concerns that the peace plan is ineffective and the violence is spinning out of control. Listen