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Head Of U.N. Syria Mission Attacked | A convoy carrying the head of a U.N. monitoring mission to Syria was attacked over the weekend, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon told reporters on Monday. “It’s quite fortunate that nobody got injured by these attacks,” Ban said. “It was only because of these armored vehicles which protected our mission.” U.N. officials told Reuters five vehicles were fired upon by small arms in a village outside Homs controlled by rebels. Ten days ago, the U.N. Security Council voted to extend the mission for a month.