The Independent yesterday.

The Foreign Secretary William Hague will summon the Syrian charge d'affairs to the Foreign Office tomorrow in order to express Britain's condemnation of the massacre in Houla.

According to reports from UN observers more than 90 people were killed in villages in the Houla area of central Syria on Saturday.

At least 32 of those killed were children under 10.

Images of the massacre have provoked international outrage, and have prompted William Hague to call for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in order to plan a response.

Mr Hague has also increased the diplomatic pressure on Syria today.