Syrian forces kill 15 on first day of Arab League mission

Syrian security forces killed at least 15 people across the country on Tuesday, a rights group said, on the day Arab peace monitors began a mission to assess whether Damascus has ended a nine-month crackdown on protests against President Bashar Assad.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the toll included at least six people killed in the central city of Homs, where the monitors ran their first day of inspection. (Reuters)