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Death toll in Syria rises

Damascus' relentless crackdown on protesters continues; death toll in clashes across Syria numbers in the hundreds. Turkey: Assad turning Syria into bloodbath

Turkey's Foreign Ministry has issued a statement strongly condemning the continued attacks against civilians in Syria despite an agreement with the Arab League to halt the bloodshed.

 

The ministry said in a statement issued on Thursday that President Bashar Assad's regime was turning the country into a "bloodbath."  

 

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It said the violence is in stark contrast to the spirit of the agreement and is raising doubts about Syria's "true intentions."



 

Two days of violence in Syria near the Turkish border have left more than 200 people dead. The grave report arrives ahead of the impending arrival of an advance group of Arab League peace plan monitors to the battle-torn country.

 

Activists said Syrian forces massacre 100 villagers in northwestern Syria, unleashing a barrage of rockets, tank shells, bombs and gunfire in an hours-long assault.

 

The United Nations says more than 5,000 people have died since March as Syria has sought to put down the uprising - part of the Arab Spring of protests that have toppled long-serving unpopular leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.

 

"It was an organized massacre," said Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based activist group.

 

 

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