Syria: Syrian war killed nearly 400,000 people so far
Syrians paint a mural on the remains of a building to mark 10 years of the Syrian war, in the opposition-held town of Binnish in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, March 11, 2021. (AFP)
The overall death toll for Syria’s civil war has reached 388,652 since it began a decade ago this month, a war monitor said Sunday.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the figures include almost 117,388 civilians, among them more than 22,000 children.
Attacks by the Syrian regime and allied militia forces accounted for the majority of civilian deaths, said the Britain-based monitor, which relies on sources inside Syria for its reports.
The Observatory’s previous tally was issued in December and stood at more than 387,000.
Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said 2020 saw the lowest annual death toll since the war began, with just over 10,000 deaths.