12:03 . 01/06
Commenting on the statements made yesterday on possible military intervention in Syria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he does not see the U.S. taking military action in Syria without the backing of a U.N. Security Council resolution.
Yesterday, the Syrian authorities blamed the atrocities in Houla on the Syrian armed opposition trying to provoke international intervention.
Earlier, UN Security Council blamed the massacres in Houla on the administration of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.