If this keeps up, there will be a very weakened Syrian Army.
Over 120,000 pro-Assad fighters killed in Syria conflict - monitoring group
BEIRUT Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:11pm GMT
Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and media are seen at Hujaira town, south of Damascus, after the soldiers took control of it from the rebel fighters, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on November 13, 2013.
CREDIT: REUTERS/SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS
(Reuters) - More than 120,000 fighters supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the country's civil war since it began in 2011, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday.
Syria's conflict began as a peaceful protest movement calling for reforms in 2011 but descended into civil war after a government crackdown. In total, more than 200,000 people have been killed and millions more have fled their homes.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said some 11,000 members of government forces and loyalist militias had been killed in the five months since Assad delivered an inauguration speech for a third presidential term.
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Over 120,000 pro-Assad fighters killed in Syria conflict - monitoring group
BEIRUT Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:11pm GMT
Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and media are seen at Hujaira town, south of Damascus, after the soldiers took control of it from the rebel fighters, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANA on November 13, 2013.
CREDIT: REUTERS/SANA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS
(Reuters) - More than 120,000 fighters supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the country's civil war since it began in 2011, a group monitoring the war said on Wednesday.
Syria's conflict began as a peaceful protest movement calling for reforms in 2011 but descended into civil war after a government crackdown. In total, more than 200,000 people have been killed and millions more have fled their homes.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said some 11,000 members of government forces and loyalist militias had been killed in the five months since Assad delivered an inauguration speech for a third presidential term.
Continue reading at:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-assad-idUKKBN0J