A woman visits the grave of a relative in the town of Douma, east of Syria's capital Damascus, in July (AFP Photo/Sameer Al-Doumy)
AFP: Syria war death toll now more than 300,000: monitor
Beirut (AFP) - More than 300,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since March 2011, a monitor said in a new toll Tuesday, the first full day of an internationally-brokered truce.
More than 86,000 civilians were among the 301,781 people killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The civilian toll includes 15,099 children and 10,018 women, the Britain-based monitoring group said.
Rebel fighters made up 52,359 of those killed.
A total of 59,006 Syrian soldiers have been killed, in addition to 48,048 other pro-government fighters from countries including Iraq, Iran and Lebanon as well as Syria.
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Update #1: Syrian Observatory says more than 301,000 killed in Syria (Reuters)
Update #2: More than 300K killed in Syria civil war, rights group says (AP)
WNU Editor: No one knows for sure on how many Syrians have been killed .... and frankly .... no one will probably ever know the exact number.
It is "interesting" that in 2015, SOHR claimed 450,000 dead,
ReplyDeleteSomebody should build a religion around Rami Abdulrahman, he just brought 150,000 people back to life.
I would lol if it all wasn't so sad. Too bad the orchestrators of this conflict will likely never taste the justice they deserve.
Delete"Somebody should build a religion around Rami Abdulrahman, he just brought 150,000 people back to life."
ReplyDeleteThe land of miracles, or God's monkey house.