U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed "great shock" Tuesday over reports of a massacre in the Syrian village of Maan. A statement released by the U.N. chief's office said Ban was disturbed by reports of killings in Maan on February 9. "Dozens of civilians are said to have been brutally killed," it said. "The secretary-general condemns in the strongest terms all violence against civilians and calls for the perpetrators of this massacre, and all other crimes in Syria, to be brought to justice," Ban's office said. The reported massacre "should be a reminder to all of the urgency of ending the conflict and launching a political transition towards a new Syria where all people and communities are guaranteed protection, rights, and freedoms," the statement said.
