BEIRUT, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Syrian security forces
lined up and shot dead 13 men and boys from one extended family
on Thursday after raiding the village of Kfartoun in Hama
province, activists in Hama city said.
They said the victims were from two branches of the Asaad
family. The motive for the killings was not immediately clear.
The Turkish-based leader of the rebel Free Syrian Army is named
Riad al-Asaad. He comes from the northwestern province of Idlib.
Activists said three people were killed in shelling of the
nearby village of Soubin. The bodies of five Syrian workers who
disappeared two days ago after crossing from Lebanon on their
way to Hama were found on Thursday, they said.
(Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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