A massacre took place in the Karm Allouz neighborhood in Homs in which 15 Syrians were killed , including a woman and her four children , one day before a Security Council session on Syria . According to the Syrian government the perpetrators were terrorist groups affiliated with al-Qaeda . This incident was cited by the government in the aftermath of the 25 May Houla massacre to support its contention that there was a pattern of these terrorist attacks escalating before Security Council sessions on Syria , or in that case , coinciding with UN special envoy Kofi Annan 's announced visit to the country
Houla massacre
Houla massacre
Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (January–April 2012)