Cairo (CNN Air Max) -- Arab League monitors arrived in the Syrian city of Homs Tuesday, an official said, as a resident of

the besieged city reported military forces fleeing prior to the team's arrival.

The fact-finding team is visiting Syria this week to assess whether the government is upholding a commitment to end a brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Observers from the team "will have access to any place they want Cheap Air Max, freely," said a senior official in the

league's advance group to Syria.

"The protocol entails that Syrian security only escorts the monitors to the entrances of the city only. According to the protocol, any party on the ground has the

right to contact the monitors as they please," said the official, who did not want to be identified because he is not authorized to speak with the media.

The team consists of 12 monitors from different nationalities, the senior official said.

Shortly before the observers arrived, some military forces scurried away from the Homs' Baba Amr neighborhood, said resident and activist Omar al-Humsi. Baba Amr has

been wracked with violence recently at the hands of the Syrian regime, opposition activists say.

The bloodshed continued on Tuesday, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an opposition activist group. The LCC said 11 people were kille four in

Homs, three at Damascus University, two in Deir Ezzor,air max for cheap and one each in Idlib and the Damascus suburb of

Harasta.