Bodies of at least 65 civilians found in Syrian town taken from IS

The bodies of at least 65 civilians have been found in a central Syrian town retaken by government forces from the Islamic State group, activists have reported.

More than 60 civilians whose bodies were found in a Syrian town taken back by government troops from Islamic State militants were killed in a "shocking massacre", a Syrian official has said.

Talal Barazi, the governor of Homs province, where the discovery was made, said the search and documentation of those killed in the town of Qaryatayn is still under way.