Syria death toll exceeds 150 as killing escalates ahead of ceasefire deadline

Demonstrators carry mock coffins and shout slogans during a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Izmir. (Reuters)

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By Al Arabiya with agencies 

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed about 156 people nationwide on Saturday, about half of them were civilians, the Revolution Council reported, as the regime in Damascus intensified its brutal crackdown on the opposition three days ahead of U.N. deadline to pull back and end the violence.

Monitoring groups said most of the killings occurred in Hama, Homs and Aleppo. The Syrian Network for Human Rights reported more than 60 people were killed in the Homs suburb of Latamna alone, which came under heavy bombardments by army tanks.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the massive killing came after President Assad’s forces launched an overnight assault on Latamna and clashed with members of the rebel Free Syrian Army.

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