Damascus: Around 100 Syrian soldiers have been killed across the country over the weekend fighting against armed activists, -based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claimed.
The observatory said local doctors had confirmed the names of 80 dead Syrian soldiers, and at least 19 soldiers, eight rebels and 19 civilians were killed in violence on Sunday, Press TV reported.
Another 57 soldiers were killed on Saturday, which according to the SOHR was the largest number of military casualties in a single day since the beginning of unrest in the country last year.
Meanwhile, EU officials are pressing Moscow to harden its line against the Syrian government.
EU President Herman Van Rompuy said on Monday after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg that Moscow and the European Union must overcome their differences on the crisis in Syria to prevent an all-out civil war.
He also said that both sides agreed the peace plan brokered by the UN- Arab League envoy Kofi Annan was the best way to end months of violence in Syria.
Russia, which along with China has vetoed two UN Security Council resolutions against Syria, has repeatedly expressed opposition to foreign military intervention in Syria, describing negotiations as the only way to solve the country’s crisis.
Syria has been under intense international pressure after the tragic Houla massacre in which over 100 people, including many children were killed.
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