02/07/2012 19:45
More than 16,500 killed in Syria
More than 16,500 people have been killed in violence since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad broke out in March last year, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.
The 16,507 dead comprise 11,486 civilians, 4,151 government troops and 870 army defectors, the Britain-based watchdog told AFP.
In its running tolls, the Observatory counts as civilians those rebel fighters who are not defectors from the army.
The United Nations no longer publishes its own estimates of the death toll.