Syrian Gas Station Attacked as UN Ups Death Toll to 60,000 in Civil War

Between thirty and seventy people were killed in Syria, when a government air strike hit a gas station.

According to witnesses the station had just received a load of fuel, bringing in long lines, when the strike hit.

The attack happened in the Mleiha district of Damascus, which til now had mostly avoided involvement in the war.

Mleiha had basically been a neutral area, which everyone had left alone, til now.

Attacks, like this, are becoming more common, as the regime seems desperate to end the civil war, but all the more lacking in how to legitimately do so.

Several areas of Damascus are the scene of heavy fighting, as are other cities, while most of the country side belongs to the rebels.

A study released by the UN Human Rights Council bumped the death toll, in Syria, up to over sixty thousand.

Previously, the UN had only listed the death count, in the twenty-two month conflict, at about forty-five thousand.