International outcry at Houla 'massacre'

An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was called on Sunday amid international outrage over the killing of more than 100 civilians, including dozens of children, in the Syrian town of Houla. The UNSC meeting came as the warring sides in Syria, and international diplomats, offered differing accounts of what happened. The head of the UN observer mission in Syria, Gen Robert Mood, was due to address the emergency meeting after his teams reported back from the stricken area. In Houla and abroad, meanwhile, the killings sparked demonstrations by Syrians opposed to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.