Syrian Monitoring Group: Syria's Death Toll Has Reached 126,000

A Free Syrian Army fighter listens to music as he sits beside a rocket launcher, on a damaged street in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus November 30, 2013. Picture taken November 30, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Rafat beram

Syria Death Toll Hits Nearly 126,000: Monitoring Group -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The death toll in Syria's civil war has risen to at least 125,835, more than a third of them civilians, but the real figure is probably much higher, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday.

The pro-opposition monitoring group also appealed to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and "all people in the international community who have a conscience" to increase their efforts to end the 2-1/2 year war.

The conflict began as peaceful protests against four decades of rule by President Bashar al-Assad's family, but under a fierce security force crackdown, turned into an armed insurgency whose sectarian dimensions have echoed across the Middle East.

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Update: Syria war toll nearly 126,000: NGO --AFP

My Comment: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights website is here.