Syria said on Thursday a preliminary
investigation showed that anti-government armed groups committed a massacre
last week in Houla, in which 108 people were killed, with the aim of
encouraging foreign military intervention against the Syrian government.
Brigadier General Qassem Jamal Suleiman,
head of the investigation committee formed by the government, said the victims
were families "who refused to oppose the government and were at odds with
the armed groups".
He said many of the victims were
relatives of a member of the Syrian parliament.
After this declaration, the flow
of international reactions began. The US envoy to the UN considered the results
of Syria inquiry into Houla massacre a “blatant lie”.
REUTERS