Massacre of unprecedented size

Syria's opposition urged the international community to create Bosnia-style "safe zones" in the country after government forces surrounded more than 100 civilians sheltering in a mountain valley and allegedly killed every single one of them. A group of 110 people, a mixture of activists organizing protests against the regime and local villagers, managed to escape, taking refuge in a nearby valley. But they were mercilessly hunted down by soldiers who surrounded them and then opened fire with artillery, tank shells and gunfire. For four hours, activists said, the group made frantic telephone calls appealing for help that never came. One villager who arrived at the scene of the massacre afterwards said those who has survived the initial onslaught had had their hands tied behind their back before being beheaded. More here.