(AP) BEIRUT - A U.N. spokesman said U.N. observers in Syria have entered a central village where government forces reportedly killed dozens of people this week.
Ahmad Fawzi, a spokesman for the mission in Syria, said Saturday an 11-vehicle observer team entered the village of Tremseh to "seek verification of the facts."
He said they went in after the U.N. was informed that a cease-fire there was in place.
Anti-regime activists say government troops surrounded the village on Thursday and shelled it before they entered with pro-regime thugs and killed people in the streets.
They say they have confirmed the deaths of 150 people and that many more are missing.
The government says 50 were killed, but denies its troops caused the deaths.
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Ahmad Fawzi, a spokesman for the mission in Syria, said Saturday an 11-vehicle observer team entered the village of Tremseh to "seek verification of the facts."
He said they went in after the U.N. was informed that a cease-fire there was in place.
Anti-regime activists say government troops surrounded the village on Thursday and shelled it before they entered with pro-regime thugs and killed people in the streets.
They say they have confirmed the deaths of 150 people and that many more are missing.
The government says 50 were killed, but denies its troops caused the deaths.
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