NEW : At least 26 people were killed Monday , an opposition rights group says . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 27 died in the town of Houla and that more than 100 others have been injured. A Syrian adviser says parliamentary elections could be held this year or early next . The United States has imposed sanctions on Syria , freezing assets of specific regime members and banning Americans from doing business with the country . The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights puts the death toll at 2,600 . A 12-year-old child is shot and killed by security forces , an opposition rights group says .
NEW : At least 26 people were killed Monday , an opposition rights group says . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 27 died in the town of Houla and that more than 100 others have been injured. A Syrian adviser says parliamentary elections could be held this year or early next . The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights puts the death toll at 2,600 . A 12-year-old child is shot and killed by security forces , an opposition rights group says .