Video Evidence and U.N. Statement on Reported Massacre in Syria As my colleagues Neil MacFarquhar and Rick Gladstone report, United Nations military observers in Syria confirmed Friday that the Syrian military had carried out an assault with "mechanized units" and helicopters on the village of Tremseh a day earlier, which resulted in what opposition activists called a massacre. Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, the Norwegian commander of the United Nations mission in Syria, told reporters in Damascus that his observers in a nearby city witnessed the fighting from a distance. "From our presence in Hama province," the general said, "we can verify continuous fighting yesterday in the area of Tremseh. This involved mechanized units, indirect fire and helicopters. Video of General Mood's complete remarks was posted online by the U.N. mission. General Mood also said that his observers, who halted patrols because of the continuing violence, are "ready to go in and seek verification of the facts, if and when there is a credible cease-fire." His remarks came after video, said to show the bodies of more than a dozen victims of the violence prepared for burial, was posted online by activists in Hama, as my colleague J. David Goodman explains. While opposition activists and Syria's state-controlled media both described the killings in Tremseh as a massacre, they disagreed over which side should be held responsible. The Syrian activist who writes the @HamaEcho Twitter feed from that city mocked the claim by supporters of President Bashar al-Assad that the opposition forces were to blame. He also drew attention to video said to show the dead being buried in a mass grave on Friday, a young man mourning over the body of a dead relative, and what appeared to be a government tank, in a brief clip activists said was recorded surreptitiously in Tremseh on Thursday. Opposition activists reported new protests in several parts of Syria on Friday, including the Yarmouk camp, an area of Damascus populated by Palestinian refugees. Video said to show that rally was posted online by an activist who also uploaded what were described as images of the protesters taking shelter as shots were fired by the security forces. Later on Friday, the Hama Echo feed surfaced an update by another opposition blogger who claimed that at least one young Palestinian from Yarmouk was shot and killed by the security forces on Friday. Government restrictions on independent reporting inside Syria make it hard to confirm the claims of activists and the state media. The Lede welcomes input from witnesses in Syria who can add to our understanding of events there.