The UN reported that over 5,000 people have been killed in Syria every month since July 2012, and that the death toll has risen to at least 93,000; over 80% of those killed are men. More than 1,700 children under the age of 10 have died; some have been tortured. Both regime forces and rebels are accused of using children as suicide bombers and human shields. Rebels fired rockets at Damascus airport, briefly disrupting flights. Rebels took over a strategic base in Hama on the highway between Damascus and Aleppo.
