83% Of Syria's Lights Have 'Gone Out'

VOX: 83 percent of Syria’s lights have gone out. See for yourself what that looks like.

These newly released satellite images of Syria at night are staggering: they show that 83 percent of the country's lights visible at night have gone out, a testament to the appalling human cost of its ongoing civil war.

The widespread devastation wrought by fighting across the country, including by groups like ISIS, and the diversion of resources to the war effort have wreaked havoc on Syrian infrastructure.

More News On The Campaign To Restore Electricity To Syria

Eighty percent of all Syria's lights have gone out due to war -- Reuters
Syrian Civil War: Country Sees 83% Decline In Lighting, Petition Launched To Restore Full Electricity -- IBTimes
83% of the lights in Syria have gone dark -- Mashable
Satellite Images Show How War Turned Out The Lights In Syria -- Huffington Post
Satellite Images Show Syria Plunged Into Darkness by War -- Slate