Two days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 1,000 dead

A funeral procession for four Syrian security force members (Omar Albam/AP)

The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has passed 1,000, including 750 civilians, a war monitoring group said.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in addition to 745 civilians, mostly killed in massacres, 125 government security force members and 148 militants with armed groups affiliated with Assad were killed.