Moscow is under intense diplomatic pressure to abandon Syria after footage showed that villagers and rebels killed in the country’s latest massacre had been bombarded by Russian-made helicopters and tanks before being shot at point-blank range. The images came from Tramaseh, in Hama province, where between 100 and 200 people appear to have been killed by regime forces. At the United Nations last night there were renewed calls for a draft resolution to isolate President Assad’s Government. The massacre seems certain to surpass that at Houla this year, making it the worst in the 16-month insurgency. “I am shocked and appalled,” said Kofi Annan, the United Nations and Arab League envoy to Syria. The use of artillery, tanks and helicopters in…
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