In a shocking analysis released today (January 2, 2013) by the United Nations Human Rights Office, it was revealed that at least 60,000 people have been killed in Syria's civil war -- with monthly casualty figures steadily increasing since the conflict began almost two years ago -- according to the Associated Press website.
The death toll is a third more than the figure of 45,000 given by activists opposed to the regime of President Bashar Assad.
It comes as activists report that a Syrian warplane blasted a gas station near Damascus today, killing and wounding scores of people and igniting a huge fire in what could be one of the bloodiest attacks in weeks during the 22-month conflict.
"Given there has been no let-up in the conflict since the end of November, we can assume that more than 60,000 people have been killed by the beginning of 2013," UN High Commissioner of Human Rights Navi Pillay said in a statement. "The number of casualties is much higher than we expected, and is truly shocking."
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