Arab observers in Syria visited several provinces on Sunday as part of their one-month mission, which started a week ago to oversee the country's unrest amid cautious satisfaction from Syrians.

On the sixth day of their mission, the monitors were divided into three groups and visited several neighborhoods as well as military hospital in the rebellious province of Homs, state-run SANA news agency said.

In northern Idlib province, another hotbed of insurgency, another observer group toured the city and visited the National Hospital there, according to SANA.

A third team also roamed Damascus' suburb of Muadamiah and met with its residents, said SANA.

The observers have so far traveled to a number of cities including Daraa and Homs, and preparations are underway for sending 47 observers from the Gulf Cooperation Council states (GCC) and Iraq to Syria, according to AL sources.

Adnan Issa al-Khoudhir, head of the AL operation room for the observer mission, said at a press conference that "22 observers from Iraq and 25 others from the GCC will be dispatched to Syria."

Syrians, from all spectra of the society, have expressed cautious satisfaction with the job of the observers as they believe that they need more time.

Observers have started their mission on Tuesday and toured a number of restive areas in the country, mainly in central Syria and the flashpoint city of Daraa in the south.

In November, Syria signed an Arab League-sponsored plan providing for ending all acts of violence, release all detainees and halt all armed aspects across the country.

The first item of the plan provides for sending some 150 observers to visit hospitals, prisons and restive areas to determine the extent the Syrian authorities have committed themselves to the items of the Arab plan.

George Jabbour, a prominent political analyst, told Xinhua the observers visit is "a very significant measure," urging all concerned parties to "fully cooperate with it."

Officially, the Syrian government seemed contended with the work of the Arab mission and its local media, the mouthpiece of the government, urged observers to work professionally and objectively.

Even the Syrian opposition groups have positively dealt with the observers mission, and the head of the so-called "Free Syrian Army," colonel Riyad al-Assa'ad, announced a halt of all attacks against Syrian security forces during the observers visit, pointing out that his army will wait for two or three months "to see what the Arab League would determine."

Another Syrian activist, Farouk Hajji Mustfa, has called for an increase in the number of observers to be able to monitor broad areas of Syria that witness anti-government protests.

"The Arab League is shouldering a historic responsibility," he told Xinhua, adding that Syria's destiny hinges upon its reports.

Hassan Abdul-Azim, the general coordinator of the National Coordination Body, said the observers are exerting "earnest efforts" in all Syrian cities, expressing hopes that they would disclose facts before the Syrian and world public opinions.

He told Xinhua by phone on Saturday that his group has reached a "common political vision to reject foreign intervention, armament, violence and sectarian rifts" with the Turkey-based Syrian National Council (SNC).

He stressed that the agreement is binding for the two sides, adding that they have agreed to unite and coordinate efforts towards political, media, and diplomatic issues.

He said his group has provided the Arab monitors with the names of activists in different parts of the country to contact them.

In Cairo, SNC leader Burhan Ghalioun said on Thursday he insisted the Arabs can play a major role in solving the Syrian crisis and wished a success of the Arab initiative to avoid civil war or foreign interference.

"We insist that the Arab world can play a big role in tackling the Syrian crisis," Ghalioun told reporters after meeting with AL Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi.

"The goal of the observer mission isn't just monitoring but making sure that the Syrian regime is applying the protocol items, stopping violence, releasing prisoners and withdrawing the military forces from cities and urban areas," Egypt's state-run news agency MENA quoted Ghalioun as saying.