Commissioner Navi Pillay, right, said the ongoing crisis in Syria "shames us all." (Creative Commons)

The Associated Press reported that figure far exceeds even estimates by the opposition.

And the violence continued around the country Wednesday. 

Rebels continued in their strategy to eventually overtake President Bashar al-Assad's stronghold in Damascus, but airstrikes ordered by the government pushed right back. 

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay had choice words for the handling of the crisis in Syria. "The failure of the international community, in particular the Security Council, to take concrete actions to stop the bloodletting shames us all," she said in a statement. "Collectively, we have fiddled at the edges while Syria burns."

For a more in-depth account of the day's fighting, read the full AP story here.

And check out more of Neon Tommy's Syria coverage here. 

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