Reuters: Activists Claim More Than 200 Killed In Syrian Gov’t Attacks

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Syrian opposition activists say that a bombardment by helicopters, tanks and militiamen killed more than 200 people in a village in the Hama region on Thursday, Reuters reports:

If confirmed, it would be the worst single incident of violence in 16 months of conflict in which rebels are fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad and diplomacy to halt the bloodshed has been stymied by jostling between world powers.

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