Opposition Reports New Massacre

Opposition activists say a pro-government militia has killed dozens of people in a village in Hama province in western Syria, reports BBC News.

According to the unconfirmed activist report, the militia killed 78 people, many of them women and children, in the village of Qubair.

The government denied the report, saying terrorists had killed nine people.

Activist groups also reported that 140 people were killed nationwide on Wednesday. Killings also reportedly took place in...