SYRIA: Team of U.N. observers heads to Zabadani while other teams are in Houla to investigate the deaths of more than 92 people including dozens of children

Record ID: 280794

  • Title: SYRIA: Team of U.N. observers heads to Zabadani while other teams are in Houla to investigate the deaths of more than 92 people including dozens of children
  • Date: 28th May 2012
  • Summary: DAMASCUS, SYRIA (MAY 27, 2012) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HOTEL, U.N. VEHICLES PARKED OUTSIDE SYRIAN FLAGS VARIOUS OF U.N. OBSERVERS SEATED IN HOTEL LOBBY MONITORS' BLUE CAPS WITH U.N. BADGES VARIOUS MORE OF OBSERVERS INSIDE HOTEL VARIOUS OF THE CHIEF OF THE U.N. MONITORING MISSION, MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT MOOD, SPEAKING TO JOURNALISTS BEFORE STEPPING INTO LIFT VARIOUS OF U
  • Embargoed: 12th June 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Syrian Arab Republic
  • Country: Syria
  • Topics: Crime,Conflict,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVACRPEO4G5KSKWCIIXCBLX16X11
  • Story Text: A team of U.N. observers left their hotel in the Syrian capital Damascus for Zabadani on Sunday (May 27), while other teams were in Houla, in northern Homs, investigating the deaths of more than 92 people killed in the village two days ago.
    The chief of the U.N. monitoring mission, Major General Robert Mood, on Saturday (May 26) condemnded the incident that killed more than 32 children under the age of 10 and over 60 adults. He confirmed the use of artillery tank shells, without elaborating.
    The Syrian government and rebels blamed each other for committing a massacre against civilians.
    Still photographs taken by third parties showed the bodies of adults and children in Houla, anti-government protesters say the dead were killed by government security forces.
    Syrian State Television showed pictures of what it called "massacres" committed by "armed groups".
    The carnage underlined just how far Syria is from any negotiated path out of the 14-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
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