Prisoner exchange in Syria

Amateur video out of Syria appears to show UN monitors welcomed on the Streets of Khan Sheikhoun.

The video, which could not be independently verified by Reuters, comes from the town where more than 20 people were killed last week when violence erupted at a funeral.

More footage appears to show a senior UN monitor saying that they will make history in the town -- by exchanging two detainees held by government forces for a tank.

It is not clear whether the Syrian authorities had agreed to free the two men in return for the demolished tank.

More footage purportedly shows newly-released detainees emerging from a vehicle and walking in the town.

The United Nations says more than 9,000 people have been killed in Syria since the uprising began more than a year ago. The government says 2,600 members of its security forces have died in the revolt.

Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters