* Talbiseh deaths raise toll in area to 14 since Sunday
* Turkey says need words not action on reform
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
AMMAN, May 30 (Reuters) - At least three civilians were killed on Monday when security forces entered the town of Talbiseh in central Syria to crush dissent against President Bashar al-Assad, a rights group said.
The deaths brought to 14 the number of civilians killed in the area around the city of Homs, north of Damascus, since troops and tanks surrounded towns and villages in the region on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Homs has seen some of the biggest demonstrations against Assad since protests broke out in southern Syria in March and spread across the country, posing the most serious threat to his 11-year rule.
Assad's military clampdown on the protests has drawn condemnation and sanctions from the United States and European Union. Rights groups say 1,000 civilians have been killed and 10,000 arrested in the crackdown.
Syria blames the violence on armed groups, Islamists and foreign agitators, saying more than 120 police and soldiers have been killed in the unrest.
Talbiseh, 10 km (6 miles) north of Homs, and several other towns and villages nearby, are the latest population centres to be taken over by the army in the military crackdown.
"Shelling began at five in the morning, concentrating on a hill in the middle of the town (Talbiseh)," said the witness, a resident who managed to leave the town.
He said troops and security forces took over the main clinic, a tactic the military has used when seizing control of other urban centres, and that wounded people were taken to a cultural centre for treatment.
Witness reports of violence in Syria, as well as official accounts, are difficult to verify independently because the government barred most international media from the country not long after the start of the unrest in March. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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