Pressure mounts on Syria amid reports of fresh violence

The number of people alleged to have been killed in a fresh Syrian massacre has been revised downwards.

Opposition forces had initially reported that Government militiamen had killed up to 100 people – including women and children – in Hama, however,  this number has now been revised downwards to 70.

News of the latest alleged atrocity comes ahead of UN/Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s address to the UN Security Council later today.

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Mr. Annan is in New York to update diplomats at the Security Council on the faltering peace plan amid increased International calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

Speaking earlier, British PM David Cameron, called the al-Assad regime ‘illegitimate’ and stated that ‘we need to do more to isolate the regime.’