Adnan Mahmoud Live Blog

Syrian authorities were not aware that two Western journalists who were killed Wednesday in Homs had entered the country, said Information Minister Adnan Mahmoud.

"The authorities had no information that the two journalists had entered Syrian territory," he told AFP news agency.

Marie Colvin, an American who worked for The Sunday Times, and French photojournalist Remi Ochlik were killed in Bab Amr district in shelling by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces.