Syria massacre "an extension" of Syria air force operation: U.N.
(Reuters) - U.N. observers in Syria described an attack on a village in the Hama region - where about 220 people were reported killed - as "an extension" of a Syrian Arab Air Force (SAAF) operation, the U.N. mission said in an assessment obtained by Reuters on Friday.
"The situation in Hama province continues to be highly volatile and unpredictable," the so-called "flash report" from the U.N. observer mission said. "SAAF forces continue to target populated urban areas north of Hama City in a large scale."
Opposition sources said about 220 people, mostly civilians were killed in the village of Tremseh when it was bombarded by helicopter gunships and tanks then stormed by militiamen who slaughtered some families on Thursday.
"The operation in Tremseh is assessed as an extension of the SAAF operation in Khan Sheikhoun to Souran over the recent number of days," said the two-page report by the U.N. mission in Syria, known as UNSMIS.
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