More than 50 killed in Syrian army shelling

Beirut: More than 50 civilians, including 13 children, were killed in Syrian army shelling of the town of Houla on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

"It was a real massacre that took place and the UN observers are just staying silent," the head of the monitoring group, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP in a telephone call.

"More than 50 people were killed, including 13 children, and more than 100 others wounded in shelling of the town of Houla" in Homs province of central Syria, he said.