Activists: Massacre in Syria kills more than 100

By Elizabeth Kennedy

Published July 13, 2012 4:00am ET

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Activists: Massacre in Syria kills more than 100 — FILE - In this Sept. 16, 2008 file photo provided by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Nawaf Fares, left, is sworn in as Syria's ambassador to Iraq before Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in Damascus. Fares, who became Syria's highest ranking diplomat to defect to the opposition on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, dismissed the main international plan seeking to stop the violence, saying Thursday that nothing short of Assad's ouster is acceptable. (AP Photo/SANA, File) | AP

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists reported a new massacre late Thursday in the central Hama province, saying regime forces killed more than 100 people in shelling and other attacks.

There were few details on the attack, which was reported by the Local Coordination Committees activist group and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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