Activists: New Syria massacre kills 100

Syrian security forces killed as many as 200 people in the town of Tremseh, in central Hama province, according to anti-government activists.

The Syrian Revolution General Commission, an opposition group, said Thursday that there were more than 150 corpses in the town mosque and that there is no full count yet because people are still searching for the dead. Another group, the Local Coordination Committees, used a figure of at least 122.

The major political opposition group, the Syrian National Council, called for a United Nations Security Council meeting on the alleged massacre, Al Arabiya said. The group also called for UN monitors to document the atrocities in the town.

There was no independent confirmation of the reported killings, and it was not initially clear whether members of the UN monitoring mission would be able to safely visit the town.

The reported killings come a week before the deadline for the UN Security Council to decide whether to extend the observer mission's 90-day mandate in light of the continuing violence.

The monitors' operations have been largely suspended because of the violence and the danger posed to its members.