More than 1,000 people have been killed in Syria as fierce clashes erupt between security forces and supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that over 700 civilians have died, mostly at the hands of government forces.
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00:00More than 1,000 people are dead after days of fighting between Syrian security forces
00:04and supporters of ousted President Bashar al-Assad.
00:08A Syrian war monitor says over 700 civilians were killed, mostly by government forces.
00:15The violence erupted three months after Assad's government was overthrown when his loyalists
00:20attacked security forces.
00:22In response, the military sent thousands of troops to Syria's Mediterranean coast.