The Associated Press is reporting that dozens of security forces and soldiers were gunned down on Monday by suspected defectors of the Syrian Army. Activists informed reporters in Beirut, Lebanon of the ongoing rebellion against President Bashar Assad, whose been accused of killing more than 3,500 people in the past eight months, according to the United Nations.

Violence increased after the Arab League voted on Saturday to suspend Syria’s membership, a move supported by President Barack Obama who said the US “will work with our friends and allies to pressure the Assad regime and support the Syrian people as they pursue the dignity and transition to democracy that they deserve.”