More Than 115,000 Killed In Syrian Conflict - Monitoring Group -- Reuters
(Reuters) - More than 115,000 people have been killed in Syria's two-and-a-half-year-old civil war, including tens of thousands of soldiers, rebels and civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
The figure suggested that around 5,000 people had died in September alone and that the bloodshed has not been slowed by an international deal for the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons after an August 21 sarin gas attack in the Damascus area.
The British-based Observatory, which monitors violence through a network of activists, medical and military sources around Syria, said about 47,000 soldiers and militia fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad had been killed.
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Update #1: More than 115,000 killed in Syria's war: monitor -- France 24/AFP
Update #2: Activists: More than 115,000 dead in Syria conflict -- Al Bawaba
Update #3: Over 115,000 Syrians reported killed in conflict -- Times of Israel/AP
My Comment: 5,000 killed in September alone .... and winter has not even started yet. The only number that I am skeptical about is the report that 47,000 soldiers and militia fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad that have been killed. Syrian President Assad stated a lower number .... 15,000 .... when he was interviewed by Charlie Rose last month. As for the rest .... I suspect that the civilian toll is probably the bulk of this 115,000 number.
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