Cairo, Rabi'II 23, 1434, Mar 5, 2013, SPA - Nearly 260 people were killed in various parts of Syria during the past 24 hours, according to a statement of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Among the dead were 107 civilians, the statement of the Observatory disclosed. The statement explained that most of those killed during clashes with the forces of Al-Assad's regime were in the governorates of Damascus and its countryside, Aleppo, Daraa, Homs, Idlib, Deir al-Zour and Hama. --SPA 13:28 LOCAL TIME 10:28 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1084500