Violence in Syria must end

Even for those who have become inured to the negative news coming from Syria, Friday's killing of 108 people in the village of Houla, near the city of Homs, should make them angry. It is only right that the United Nations Security Council should condemn the massacre "in the strongest possible terms" on Sunday.

UN observers confirmed civilians, including children, were shot at close range or stabbed and there were cases of severe physical abuse.

On Sunday, Syria denied the involvement of government troops in the Houla massacre, blaming "hundreds of heavily armed gunmen" who also attacked soldiers in the area.