Syria rejects UN charges as Homs battered
- Published: 15/02/2012 at 01:32 AM
- Online news: World
Syria flatly rejected UN charges of crimes against humanity on Tuesday, even as monitors said troops killed at least 18 civilians, six in the heaviest shelling of the protest city of Homs for days.
A picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a rally in the northern Syriain Mediterranean port of Latakia. Syria flatly rejected UN charges of crimes against humanity on Tuesday, even as monitors said troops killed at least 18 civilians, six in the heaviest shelling of the protest city of Homs for days.
Navi Pillay, the top human rights representative at the United Nations, said on Monday that the world body's inaction had "emboldened" Syria's government to unleash overwhelming force against its own civilians.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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