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Syrian conflict has claimed 76,000 lives in deadliest year yet, say monitors
Source: The Guardian and Agencies
Syrian conflict has claimed 76,000 lives in deadliest year yet, say monitors
Agencies
The Guardian, Thursday 1 January 2015 16.15 GMT
More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria’s conflict in 2014, including thousands of children, making it the deadliest year in the nearly four-year war, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 76,021 people.
Of the total, 17,790 were civilians, including 3,501 children.
More than 15,000 rebel fighters were killed, as were nearly 17,000 militants from jihadi groups, including Islamic State and al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate.
At least 22,627 government forces – soldiers and members of pro-government militias – were killed, the UK-based group said.
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Agencies
The Guardian, Thursday 1 January 2015 16.15 GMT
More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria’s conflict in 2014, including thousands of children, making it the deadliest year in the nearly four-year war, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 76,021 people.
Of the total, 17,790 were civilians, including 3,501 children.
More than 15,000 rebel fighters were killed, as were nearly 17,000 militants from jihadi groups, including Islamic State and al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate.
At least 22,627 government forces – soldiers and members of pro-government militias – were killed, the UK-based group said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/01/syrian-conflict-deadliest-year-yet
