Syria on Saturday dismissed as " media escalation" the report circulated a day earlier that the Syrian army heavily bombarded the central province of Homs, as the United Nations Security Council is set to meet Saturday to vote a new draft resolution on Syria.

The Local Coordination Committees (LCC), activists' network, was cited by the Doha-based al-Jazeera TV as saying that as many as 220 people were killed and 500 others were injured by the shells of the Syrian army on the province of Homs Friday.

These reports came in the frame of media escalation by the armed groups and their backers from opposition in Turkey to use them against Syria in the UN Security Council, state-run SANA news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying.

"The pictures of the dead bodies, which were shown on the channels of incitement, were actually for the victims who were kidnapped and killed by armed groups and then shown on TV to place the blame on the government," said the source.

The source charged that "these media channels have partnered with the armed groups on ground and the opposition abroad to launch a hysterical mobilization campaign against Syria to influence the positions of some countries in the UN Security Council."

Meanwhile, the UN Security Council is scheduled to meet in an open session on the current situation in Syria Saturday morning to vote a revised Arab-European draft resolution on Syria, according to the UN spokesperson's office.

The announcement came after the 15 council members late on Thursday reached a consensus on sending a draft resolution on Syria to their capitals for further instructions.

Earlier this week, Russia, a veto-wielding member, voiced its strong opposition to the draft resolution which was jointly drawn up by Arab states, Britain, France and Germany.

At the end of the four-hour negotiations at the council behind closed doors on Thursday, sponsors of the draft dropped a specific reference to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's ceding of power.

The revision was made in order to avoid a veto by Russia, which, together with China, vetoed a European draft resolution on Syria in October 2011.

According to the revised copy of the draft resolution, which was sent to governments of the council members and obtained by Xinhua, the Security Council "fully supports" the Arab League plan which demands a political transition in Syria.

Reports indicated that Russia is not yet satisfied. Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov as saying that the revised draft was "not enough for us to be able to support it in this form."

Russia has warned some countries against meddling in the internal affairs of Syria out of its concerns that the draft resolution contains what is seen to promote "regime change" in the Middle East country.

Al-Assad has recently warned that any foreign intervention in his country would lead to a "temblor in the region."

The Syrian government said more than 2,000 army and security personnel have been killed during the months-long unrest, while the United Nations put the death toll in the country at more than 5,400.