At least 30 dead in factional fighting in Syria

At least 30 people were killed at the weekend in clashes between residents in Homs in the first reported factional fighting since protests against President Bashar al-Assad erupted in March, a human rights group said.

Rami Abdelrahman, head of Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that clashes between pro- and anti-Assad residents started on Saturday afternoon after the bodies of three government supporters, kidnapped last week, were returned to their relatives dismembered. (Reuters)