Toll in Syria civil war over 60,000: Opposition

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Washington: More than 60,000 people have died in Syria in the conflict between the forces of President Bashar al-Assad and the rebels, said an opposition group Tuesday.

Of all people killed in the civil war, 85 percent of them -- 39,520 -- died in 2012, according to the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, CNN reported.

In 2011, 6,548 lost their lives, representing 14 percent of the total 46,068 deaths.

And 2013 could bode worse, UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said.

"Do not expect just 25,000 people to die next year -- maybe 100,000 will die. The pace is increasing," Brahimi was quoted as saying.

In the early hours of Jan 1, 2013, clashes and shelling raged in eight Syrian provinces, the Observatory said Tuesday.

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First Published: Wednesday, January 02, 2013, 09:03

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kafantaris - USA
The Iranian regime is having a hard time seeing a world without Assad. The Syrian people themselves are having no such difficulty, and their view is becoming clearer and clearer every day with each bomb that falls. Iran, therefore, should take a lesson from Syria as the drama unfolding there is but a preview of what is coming to Iran. Nor will the regime`s usual scapegoating of Israel save the day, for the Information Age has made this handy technique obsolete. Moreover, the internet is now impervious to full censorship. When the Iranian people have had enough and turn against the regime, the regime will turn on them, just like Assad has preferring to destroy the country rather than yield power. Such is the way of tyrants, even the theocratic ones. And when their end comes, few of us will shed any tears as few of us are saving any tears for Assad now.