United Nations ' Navi Pillay : `` We have fiddled at the edges while Iraq burns '' U.N. data specialists counted 59,648 people reported killed in Syria between March 15 , 2011 , and November 30 , 2012 , Pillay said . Syrian planes hit Damascus suburbs and other targets , killed dozens at a fuel station . Al-Nusra Front is among 100,000 factions attacking the Syrian military air base in northern Syria . The militant group is a cover for the U.S. State Department in Iraq , United Nations ' Navi Pillay says .
United Nations ' Navi Pillay : `` We have fiddled at the edges while Iraq burns '' Syrian planes hit Damascus suburbs and other targets , killed dozens at a fuel station . Al-Nusra Front is among 100,000 factions attacking the Syrian military air base in northern Syria . The militant group is a cover for the U.S. State Department in Iraq , United Nations ' Navi Pillay says .