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Rights group raises Friday toll in Syria to 44

By Associated Press
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Syrian citizen, right, who fled from the violence in western Syria, receive medical aid from an Islamic civil society group, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. Th

Syrian citizen, right, who fled from the violence in western Syria, receive medical aid from an Islamic civil society group, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town following a six-day military operation that activists say killed at least 36 people. The Syrian government is accusing President Barack Obama of meddling in its internal affairs.

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Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town fol

Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town following a six-day military operation that activists say killed at least 36 people. The Syrian government is accusing President Barack Obama of meddling in its internal affairs.

Bilal Hussein, Associated Press
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Syrian citizen, left, who fled from violence from western Syria, receive bedding and other aid supplies from Lebanese civil society groups, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Friday Ma

Syrian citizen, left, who fled from violence from western Syria, receive bedding and other aid supplies from Lebanese civil society groups, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town following a six-day military operation that activists say killed at least 36 people. The Syrian government is accusing President Barack Obama of meddling in its internal affairs.

Bilal Hussein, Associated Press
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Syrian citizen, right, who fled from the violence in western Syria, receive medical aid from an Islamic civil society group, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. Th
Syrian army soldiers are seen reinforcing the village of Arida near Talkalakh opposite the Lebanon-Syria border, in Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, on Friday May 20, 2011. The Syrian government says troops have begun withdrawing from a western border town fol
Syrian citizen, left, who fled from violence from western Syria, receive bedding and other aid supplies from Lebanese civil society groups, in the Wadi Khaled area, about one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Lebanon-Syria border, north Lebanon, on Friday Ma

BEIRUT — A Syrian human rights group has raised Friday's death toll to 44 in the security force crackdowns against protesters in different parts of the country.

The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria said Saturday that most of the deaths occurred in the northern province of Idlib and the central region of Homs.

On Friday, thousands of Syrians defied an unrelenting government crackdown and flooded the streets across the country to buttress their two-month uprising against the country's authoritarian regime. Authorities responded with live ammunition, causing the large number of casualties, right group say.

The latest deaths bring to about 900 the number of civilians killed since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began in mid-March.