Syrian troops attack funeral after US envoy visits
Activists say Syrian security forces attacked a gathering of mourners just hours after US Ambassador Robert Ford expressed his condolences to the family of a rights activist killed last week.
Mustafa Osso of the Local Coordination Committees network says the attack occurred on Tuesday night, after Ford and several other ambassadors had left the gathering in the Damascus suburb of Daraya.
Osso says troops fired tear gas at the tent with mourners and relatives of Ghayath Mattar following his funeral. No one was hurt. (AP)
