Syria death toll mounts despite dialogue offer!

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(AFP) – 2 hours ago.

DAMASCUS — Syrian troops killed three people and wounded several others on Saturday in the border town of Tall Kalakh, a witness said, as the toll rose despite a presidential no-shoot order and dialogue offer.

"The security forces, who had been encircling Tall Kalakh since the morning, fired machineguns. At least three people were killed and several were wounded," the witness said.

Hundreds of Syrians, most of them women and children, fled across the border from Tall Kalakh for Lebanon on Saturday, an AFP correspondent and a local official said.

"More than 500 people have crossed since 7:00 am (0400 GMT), most of them women and children," said Mahmud Khazaal, a town Councillor.

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