Dozens of Syria rebels killed in Treimsa: Observatory

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Several dozen rebels were among the more than 150 people killed in Syrian village Treimsa.

14 July,2012 04:48 am

Several dozen rebels were among the more than 150 people killed in the central village of Treimsa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Friday, adding that some victims had been summarily executed.In what has widely been described as a massacre, with rebels and the regime of President Bashar al-Assad blaming each other, the Britain-based group said several dozen rebel fighters were among those killed.They were killed during the armys shelling, raids and the ensuing military operation in the village, the Britain-based watchdog said.It added that the names of 100 of the dead had been documented. The Observatory reported 30 badly burnt bodies were found, while 17 people were killed while they tried to flee the village.Some of the victims were killed with knives, it said. Dozens were summarily executed, including people from neighbouring villages.Separately, two Syrian activists said most of those killed on Thursday were rebels, and that they died in fighting.At this stage, though we do not yet have the final count, the number of civilians killed by shelling is not more than seven, said Jaafar, an activist at the anti-regime Sham News Network.The rest were members of the (rebel) Free Syrian Army, he told AFP.An army convoy was on its way to the region of Hama when it was attacked by the FSA, he said.The army staged a counter-attack with the support of (pro-regime) reinforcements from (nearby) Alawite villages. The FSA resisted for an hour before it was defeated.An activist at a media centre in Hama also said a large number of rebels were killed in fighting between the FSA and the regular army.