Massacre in Haoula
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
May 26, 2012
The
United States condemns in the strongest possible terms yesterday's
massacre in the Syrian village of Haoula. United Nations observers have
confirmed that dozens of men, women, and children were killed and
hundreds more wounded in a vicious assault that involved a regime
artillery and tank barrage on a residential neighborhood.
Those
who perpetrated this atrocity must be identified and held to account.
And the United States will work with the international community to
intensify our pressure on Asad and his cronies, whose rule by murder and
fear must come to an end.
We stand in solidarity with the
Syrian people and the peaceful marchers in cities across Syria who have
taken to the streets to denounce the massacre in Haoula.
