Syria unrest death toll reaches 2,600: UNHR

GENEVA: At least 2,600 people have been killed in the unrest in Syria since popular protests first broke out in mid-March, the UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday."With regard to Syria,...

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Syria unrest death toll reaches 2,600: UNHR
GENEVA: At least 2,600 people have been killed in the unrest in Syria since popular protests first broke out in mid-March, the UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday.

"With regard to Syria, let me note that, according to reliaable sources on the ground, the number of those killed since the onset of the unrest in mid-March 2011 in that country, has now reached at least 2,600," Pillay told the UN Human Rights Council.