Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar Jaafari, called the resolution a "piece of theater" that serves the interests of other countries in the region.

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Syrian Ambassador Bashar Jaafari objected to the draft treaty's failure to include an embargo on transferring arms to "terrorist armed groups and to non-state actors".

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Bashar Jaafari, Syria's ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters Thursday that armed groups had eight violations of the cease-fire that resulted in several deaths Thursday.

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