The numbers keep on going up.
Rights group: More than 300,000 people killed in Syria since 2011
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports there were more than 230,000 documented deaths since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, as well as an estimated 90,000 deaths that went undocumented.
By Fred Lambert
| Updated June 9, 2015 at 9:06 PM
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Fighters from a coalition of rebel groups called "Jaish al Fateh", also known as "Army of Fatah" (Conquest Army), are seen during the fighting with the Syrian regime Army, near Psoncol town an attempt to take control of it, in the Idlib countryside, Syria, on June 5, 2015. photo by Omar Haj Kadour/ UPI
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DAMASCUS, Syria, June 9 (UPI) -- A human rights observer group says more than 320,000 people have been killed in the Syrian Civil War since 2011.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it documented 230,618 deaths in the Syrian Civil War between March 2011, when the conflict began, and June 8, 2015.
Civilians account for the highest category within that number at 108,086 -- including 7,371 women and 11,493 children.
Syrian government troop deaths number 49,106 (not including 2,524 who were killed after defecting), while the number of killed rebel fighters sits at 38,592.
SOHR reports that deaths of Arab, European, Asian, American and Australian fighters from jihadi groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaida's Nusra Front number 31,247.
Another 32,533 people of various allegiances and groups -- including local self-defense militias -- were also documented as killed, as well as 2,844 pro-regime Shia militiamen, 838 fighters from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and 3,191 unidentified people.
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Rights group: More than 300,000 people killed in Syria since 2011
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports there were more than 230,000 documented deaths since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, as well as an estimated 90,000 deaths that went undocumented.
By Fred Lambert
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Fighters from a coalition of rebel groups called "Jaish al Fateh", also known as "Army of Fatah" (Conquest Army), are seen during the fighting with the Syrian regime Army, near Psoncol town an attempt to take control of it, in the Idlib countryside, Syria, on June 5, 2015. photo by Omar Haj Kadour/ UPI
| License Photo
DAMASCUS, Syria, June 9 (UPI) -- A human rights observer group says more than 320,000 people have been killed in the Syrian Civil War since 2011.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it documented 230,618 deaths in the Syrian Civil War between March 2011, when the conflict began, and June 8, 2015.
Civilians account for the highest category within that number at 108,086 -- including 7,371 women and 11,493 children.
Syrian government troop deaths number 49,106 (not including 2,524 who were killed after defecting), while the number of killed rebel fighters sits at 38,592.
SOHR reports that deaths of Arab, European, Asian, American and Australian fighters from jihadi groups such as the Islamic State and al-Qaida's Nusra Front number 31,247.
Another 32,533 people of various allegiances and groups -- including local self-defense militias -- were also documented as killed, as well as 2,844 pro-regime Shia militiamen, 838 fighters from Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and 3,191 unidentified people.
Continue reading at:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/06/09/Rights-group-More-than-300000-
