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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
More than 270,000 killed in Syria conflict — monitor
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMore than 270,000 people have been killed in Syria’s nearly five-year conflict, a monitor says Tuesday in a new toll released just a day after a ceasefire deal was announced.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a total of 271,138 people have lost their lives in the war which broke out in March 2011.
The dead include 79,106 civilians, of whom there are 13,500 children and 8,760 women.
Non-jihadist rebel fighters killed in the conflict number 46,452, while Islamists and extremist fighters — including foreigners — number 44,254.
The Observatory says the death toll also includes 97,842 pro-regime fighters, over half of them government troops.
— AFP
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