Human rights activists call for an international response to violence in Syria . The United Nations says more than 10,000 people have been killed since protests against President Bashar al-Assad began last March. `` I think the situation in Syria is absolutely dreadful , and if I could think of a way that the British government , or any other government , or the United Nations could intervene effectively , I would be all for it , but I think intervention would probably make things worse , '' he told CNN . ` U.N. says more than 5,000 people had been killed in Syria since the uprising began .
Human rights activists call for an international response to violence in Syria . The United Nations says more than 10,000 people have been killed since protests against President Bashar al-Assad began last March. U.N. says more than 5,000 people had been killed in Syria since the uprising began .