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Syrian opposition calls for emergency UN meeting
Added At: 2012-04-26 4:18 PM
Last Updated At: 2012-04-26 4:18 PM
An image grab from a video uploaded on YouTube on April 25, appears to shows people searching for survivors under the rubble of homes destroyed by shelling in the city of Hama. Syria's opposition has called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting as it accuses regime forces of killing more than 100 people in Hama in recent days
AFP
SYRIA: The opposition Syrian National Council on Thursday called for an emergency UN Security Council meeting as it accused regime forces of killing more than 100 people in the central city of Hama in recent days.
"We are calling for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council so that it can issue a resolution to protect civilians in Syria," the exile group said in a statement.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, said at least 12 people were killed in shelling of Hama on Wednesday, but some activists on the ground put the death toll at 68, including 16 children.
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