Syria Denies Use of Heavy Weapons in Deadly Village Fight

The Syrian government denied on Sunday that it had used heavy weapons to massacre civilians, after United Nations observers gave more details of the deadly violence in the village of Tremseh, which left scores dead and drew immediate international condemnation.

As continued fighting was reported in locations across Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in Geneva on Sunday that it now considered the conflict a civil war. 

Jihad Makdissi, a spokesman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry, said the violence in Tremseh on Thursday was a military operation against armed opponents of the government, and not a massacre, The Associated Press reported.

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