United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic as Nassir Abdulaziz Al -Nasser President of the 66th Session of the General Assembly listens, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Al-Jaafari, right, addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
In this citizen journalism image provided by Sham News Network SNN and according to them, purports to show the bodies of Syrian children in Mazraat al-Qubair on the outskirts of Hama, central Syria, Thursday, June 7, 2012. Syria on Thursday denied as "absolutely baseless" claims by opposition groups about a new massacre in the central Hama province in which government forces allegedly killed dozens of people, including women and children. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network, SNN)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS HANDOUT PHOTO
United Nations-Arab League special envoy to Syria Kofi Anan addresses the United Nations General Assembly on the situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Thursday, June 7, 2012 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) ? A senior U.N. official says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that U.N. patrols in Syria are being deliberately targeted with heavy weapons and armor-piercing ammunition.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because Thursday's council meeting was private, said Ban also reported repeated instances of firing close to U.N. patrols, apparently to force them to withdraw.
The official said Ban listed several incidents, including one in a town near Homs, where a heavy weapon round landed 150 meters (yards) from a patrol that was going to meet an opposition contact. Later, the patrol noted a surveillance drone overhead.
Ban also told the council that on June 3, an unoccupied U.N. vehicle near Kafr Zeta was hit with armor-piercing ammunition.
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