Azerbaijan, Baku, July 20 / Trend R. Hafizoglu /
Around 206 people were killed in the clashes between government forces and Free Syrian Army in Syrian Hums, Hama, Idlib and Damascus towns, Al Jazeera TV channel reported today.
Many civilians are among the killed people.
It was reported that after the head of one of jails in Hums town joined the opposition, about 6,000 political prisoners were released.
According to the UN, the number of victims of the conflict in Syria has exceeded 12,000 people, about 230,000 people became refugees, about one million people need humanitarian assistance.