Civil War In Syria -- News Updates February 28, 2012

Syria's Civilian Death Toll "Well Over 7,500": U.N. -- Yahoo News/Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday said "well over 7,500 people" have been killed in Syria during an 11-month government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, raising its previous estimated death toll by nearly a third.

U.N. Under-Secretary-General for political affairs Lynn Pascoe told the U.N. Security Council that the firepower of the opposition forces appeared to be minimal compared to the heavy weapons being used by the Syrian army.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria: Overview -- Yahoo News
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Syria: the Homs rescue - live updates -- The Guardian

Syria civilian death toll "well over 7,500"-UN -- Reuters
Syrian death toll soars as forces target civilians -- SFGate/AP
Corpses dumped outside stricken Syrian city -- Sydney Morning Herald
Men killed by the dozen, women and children missing in besieged Syrian city -- Sydney Morning Herald
Syria's Assad reportedly launching ground invasion of Homs -- Christian Science Monitor
Syrian military on offensive -- UPI
Syria Shells Protesters’ Towns as Assad Enacts Constitution -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Syrian army pound rebels in Homs -- Irish Times
Elite Syrian Troops Sent to Embattled Homs -- New York Times/Reuters
Syrian minister vows to defend 'independence' as deaths mount -- CNN
Hamas political leaders leave Syria for Egypt and Qatar -- BBC
US Slams Syria Over UN Rights Meeting Walkout -- ABC News/AP

Doubts surround Sarkozy claim of Edith Bouvier rescue -- The Guardian
Wounded journalists 'smuggled out' of Syria -- Al Jazeera
Syrians Killed in Rescue of Foreign Journalist, Activists Say -- The Lede/New York Times
Wounded journalist Paul Conroy smuggled out of Syria, Edith Bouvier’s whereabouts unknown -- National Post/Reuters
British photographer wounded in blast that killed Marie Colvin escapes from Homs in operation that cost lives of 12 Syrian volunteers -- Daily Mail
Syria unrest: UK's Conroy freed from besieged city -- BBC
As Bombardment Continues, Two Western Journalists Escape Of Syria -- NPR

The perils of reporting in Syria -- L.A. Times editorial
Arm Syria’s Rebels -- Roger Cohen, New York Times
Can Syria’s Assad Fight His Way to Political Survival? -- Tony Karon, Time