"UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the Security Council's failure to pass a resolution condemning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's eleven-month crackdown on anti government protesters and opposition forces had emboldened the regime to launch an "all-out assault" on Homs (al-Jazeera). Syrian troops have allegedly killed more than 500 people in the city over the past ten days." (Quoted from article)