UN condemns Syria for the latest deadly attack

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the Syrian government for its deadly attacks on civilians and pressed the Assads government to stop all military operations.In a statment, Ban Ki-moon suggested the killings were tantamount to a violation of Security Council demands that Damascus move toward a ceasefire.(Ban) strongly condemns the latest escalation of violence, the statement said. He deplores the assault by the Syrian authorities against innocent civilians, including women and children, despite the commitments by the Government of Syria to cease all use of heavy weapons in population centers.The 10 April timeline to fulfill the Governments implementation of its (ceasefire and troop withdrawal) commitments, as endorsed by the Security Council, is not an excuse for continued killing, it said.At least 27 Syrian soldiers, rebels and civilians were killed in violence on Friday, opposition activists said, four days before an April 10 deadline to stop the use of heavy weapons and withdraw troops from towns agreed by President Bashar al-Assad as part of a U.N.-backed peace plan.