GRAPHIC IMAGES Assad forces kill 15 in Sunni village - activists

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Devastation in this Sunni Muslim Village northwest of Hama after an overnight attack that left 15 people dead, activists say.

A UK based human rights group says Syrian President Bashar al Assad's forces carried out the attack. A woman and two children are among the dead, says the group.

They were killed execution style, according to this latest video posted to a social media website whose content Reuters cannot indepedently verify.

The attacks kicked off a day of fierce fighting throughout Syria (tank fire) --- including a battle to control of critical supply routes from Damascus to Aleppo, the country's largest city.