18 Dead As UN Slams Syria Rights Violations

Nicosia, Dec 3: Five civilians were among 18 people killed in Syria today, a day after the UN Human Rights Council urged tougher action against Damascus, condemning its “gross violations” of human rights.

In the northwestern city of Idlib, which has been one of the focal points of the anti-government protests raging since March, rebels clashed with loyalist troops near the provincial headquarters leaving 15 people dead, three of them civilians caught in the crossfire, a human rights group said.

An officer was among seven pro-regime soldiers and security service agents killed, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Five rebel troops also died.

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