The Syrian government is "not at all" responsible for the massacre of at least 92 people in the central town of Houla which has sparked an international outcry, foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi said on Sunday.
Opposition groups had blamed the government for the killings, which included 25 children, with the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights calling the deaths a "massacre."
"We completely deny responsibility for this terrorist massacre against our people," Makdissi told a news conference.
Blaming "terrorists" for the deaths on Friday and Saturday, the spokesman said the government had opened an investigation.
"We have set up a military and legal committee to investigate," he said. "The results will emerge within days."
Makdissi said UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan would arrive in Syria on Monday for fresh talks with senior officials...
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