Syria fires test missiles in show of strength as Assad troops kill 111 in ONE town according to UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights

Syrian armed forces have carried out live firing exercises as a show of strength after 111 people were killed in one town yesterday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops using heavy machine guns and artillery carried out the killings in the town of Kfar Owaid, in the northwestern province on Idlib.

Security forces pursued anti-government activists and army defectors through the town as troops shelled areas where they were thought to be hiding.

The country's main opposition group the Syrian National Council (SNC) said 250 people had been killed in total on Monday and Tuesday in 'bloody massacres', and that the Arab League and United Nations must intervene to protect civilians.

It comes as state television showed pictures of military manoeuvres and said they were meant to show Syrian forces were ready to 'repulse any aggression the enemies of our nations might think about'.

The 111 people were killed at the same time Syria agreed to allow in foreign monitors under an Arab League plan aimed at stopping bloodshed in the country after weeks of stalling. Read More