The Syrian regime executed and burned 220 people in Homs

Syrian rebels denounced a slaughter by Syrian regime forces in the town of Deir Balbeh , in the province of Homs, which have killed at least 220 people. The member of the Supreme Military Command, Saadedin Qasem, told Efe that the population of the town was gathered at the checkpoint Petrochimia, where they weresummarily executed, burned and buried in a mass grave , adding that 177 of the victims have already been identified. Lakhdar Brahimi , the international peace mediator for Syria warned of a potential "hell" if no agreement is reached to end 21 months of bloodshed, after talks held in Russia for a week of intense diplomacy showed no no sign of a breakthrough important. Brahimi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed that there are chances of reaching a negotiated solution to the conflict that has left more than 44,000 dead and divided world powers. However, the officer Vladimir Putin firmly repeated that the output of dictator Bashar Assad can not be a precondition for a political solution and said the opposition's refusal to talk to the regime was putting the conflict in a "dead Output ". "If the only alternative is really a hell or a political process, then all must work tirelessly for the attainment of a political process," said Brahimi. " It is difficult, very difficult, but there is no choice , "he added. Lavrov said that al-Assad has said publicly that he will leave office, adding that Russia "does not have the ability to change this." Brahimi trying to build a settlement on the basis of a plan of the United States , Russia and other powers, which demanded a transitional government in Syria. "The core of the political process (...) is and should be the Geneva agreement , "he said. Meanwhile, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi , reiterated its opposition to military intervention in Syria but said while the Assad regime has no place in the future of the country."The end of the bloodshed Syria and Syrian refugees return to their homeland" are priorities for Egypt, and also said that her country is home to some 150,000 Syrian refugees, according to statistics of the High Commissioner of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR). " Syria is united , free and independent , and no one other than the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people speak on their behalf, "said Mursi.