| Violence surges in Syria as U.N. Security Council meets |
The UN meeting comes amid a spike in violence across Syria, with activists reporting 135 people killed in the past two days. | Violence in Syria escalated on Friday, bringing to the death toll to more than 135 in recent days, as a United Nations Security Council bid to curb the bloodshed stalls. Activists say government forces killed more than 37 people in attacks throughout the country on Friday. Pro-Assad forces were also reported to have carried out a raid in the flashpoint city of Homs. The head of the Arab League observer mission in Syria said Friday that witnesses have seen an increase in the violence since Tuesday, especially in the cities of Homs, Hama and Idlib. The widely-criticized observer mission is in Syria to monitor whether President Bashar al-Assad is keeping his promise to end the violence.
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