A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows Syrians carrying the body of a protester who was killed by pro-regime forces near Houla. AFP cannot independently verify ... more 

A handout image released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows Syrians carrying the body of a protester who was killed by pro-regime forces near Houla. AFP cannot independently verify this image. China says the the situation in Syria has reached a "critical juncture" and expressed its "great concern", as a UN official said the country was now in a full-scale civil war less