Rights group raises Friday toll in Syria to 44
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The Syrian Security forces crackdown on protesters in different parts of the country left at least 44 people dead on Friday, making it one of the deadliest days since an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began two months ago, a rights group said Saturday.
Syria, meanwhile, blamed "armed groups" for the casualties and put the toll at 17. The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria, whose leader Ammar Qurabi is currently in Turkey, said most of the deaths occurred in the northern province of Idlib and the central region of Homs. (AP)
