New Zealand Herald: Heavy toll as Syria's war grinds on
More than 55,000 people were killed in Syria in 2015, the country's fifth year of war, including more than 2500 children, a monitor said yesterday.
The total number of dead since the beginning of the conflict had reached more than 260,000, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, though the number of those killed last year was lower than the 76,021 people who died in 2014.
In 2015 alone, the monitor documented the deaths of 55,219 people, including 13,249 civilians. Among them were 2574 children, it said.
Syrian War News Updates -- January 3, 2016
Syrian army leads offensive in key southern Daraa province - RT’s Murad Gazdiev reports -- RT
Arab-Kurd fighters kill 16 ISIS jihadists near Syria ‘capital’ -- AFP
War in Syria: Up to 40,000 civilians are starving in besieged Madaya, say campaigners -- The Independent
Syrian army launches assault against rebels near border with Israel -- Reuters
Syria: Islamic State suicide bombers target Christian restaurants -- Christian Today
Syria conflict: 'At least 16 dead' in three restaurants blasts -- BBC
UK Conducts Four Airstrikes in a Month During Syria Campaign -- Sputnik
Are UK bombs making a difference in Syria? -- Jonathan Beale, BBC
Republican: US has ‘no plan at all’ in Syria -- The Hill
Healing on the Syria-Turkey border -- Al Jazeera
Syrian refugees in Turkey are facing the same terror they once fled -- Quartz
Syria's seemingly endless fight (Video) -- Reuters
Syria bloodshed: Will it only get worse in 2016? -- Brooklyn Middleton, Al Arabiya
Unexpected Ally: Russia Might Get New Partner in Syria, But Who Will It Be? -- Sputnik
The Lost Generation of Syrian Youth -- Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Hard roads across Iraq, Syria and beyond: Freedom and safety are scarce five years after the Arab Spring -- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
Russia is clearing the decks for Assad -- Dr. Azeem Ibrahim, Al Arabiya
2015: a year of territorial gains for Syrian Kurds, losses for regime -- RUDAW
The "Syria Observatory..." is actually Qatari-funded Rami Abdul-Rahman, AKA the Coventry clothier, who has been putting out numbers on Syria casualties for years.
ReplyDeletenews report: When he isn't fielding calls from international media, Abdulrahman is a few minutes down the road at his clothes shop, which he runs with his wife. Cited by virtually every major news outlet since an uprising against the iron rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began in March, the observatory has been a key source of news on the events in Syria.
I am very disappointed when i listed this news in Arab news update a lot of Syria peoples killed in 2015 is not good for every Muslim person because we are a Muslim so its our duty we stand with Syria people.
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