Rights group: At least 30 Syrians killed by forces

Syrian forces killed at least 30 civilians in tank assaults on Tuesday in the countryside around the city of Hama and on a town near Turkey, the Syrian National Organization for Human Rights said.

The Organization, headed by dissident Ammar Qurabi, said in a statement that 26 people were killed and dozens wounded when troops backed by tanks and armoured vehicles overran Soran and other villages north of Hama, the focus of a 10-day assault to crush street protests against Assad's autocratic rule. Four people were also killed in Binnish, around 30 km from the border with Turkey. (Reuters)