Syria condemned by UN Security Council for Houla massacre.

The United Nations Security Cuncil has unanimously condemned the Syrian government for using heavy weapons in Houla where more than 108 civilians, including dozens of children, died last week, the Guardian reported.

An emergency council meeting in New York on Sunday accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces of unleashing havoc in the town, calling the bombardment of residential areas "an outrageous use of force" which violated international law.

"The Security Council condemned in the strongest possible terms the killings, confirmed by United Nations observers, of dozens of men, women and children and the wounding of hundreds more … in attacks that involved a series of government artillery and tank shellings on a residential neighbourhood," the non-binding statement said.