UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Top UN officials on Saturday strongly condemned the killing of more than 90 civilians in Syria, and stressed that those responsible for the deadly attack must be held accountable.

Observers from the UN Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) confirmed the killing after having viewed the bodies in the village of Houla near the central city of Homs, where they also confirmed from an examination of ordnance that artillery and tank shells were fired at a residential neighborhood.

UNICEF outraged by killing of 32 children in Syria: spokesperson

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday that the UN agency is outraged at the latest killing of 32 Syrian children wholesale ray ban, who were under the age of 10, in the conflicts-torn Arab country.

United Nations observers in Syria confirmed the attack in the villages of Houla near the Syrian central city of Homs.？ Full story

UN strongly condemns Houla massacre in Syria

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhuanet) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan have strongly condemned Friday’s Houla massacre in Syria. At least 90 people, including 32 children, were killed. The massacre is the largest since the UN cease-fire truce went into effect on April 12th.

Amateur video posted on the internet on Saturday shows UN monitors driving into the Syrian town of Houla, near Homs. They are being shown bodies of victims.？ Full story

UN chief condemns Syria killings

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-general Ban Ki- moon on Saturday strongly condemned an incident of massive killings in a village in Syria, according to a statement released by his spokesperson here.

"The Secretary-general and the (UN-Arab League) Joint Special Envoy (for Syria Kofi Annan) condemn in the strongest possible terms the killing, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens of men, women and children and the wounding of hundreds more in the village of El-Houleh, near Homs," said the statement, issued on behalf of Ban and Annan.？ Full story

UN chief Ban, envoy Annan condemn massive killings in Syria

GENEVA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan on Saturday strongly condemned the killings of more than 90 people in violent-hit Syria.

They condemned "in the strongest possible terms the killing, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens of men wholesale ray bans, women and children and the wounding of hundreds more in the village of El-Houleh (or Houla), near Homs," according to a joint-statement released on Saturday.？