Syria war has killed more than 360,000: monitorBeirut - More than 360,000 people have been killed across war-ravaged Syria in seven years, a monitoring group said yesterday, in a new toll for the brutal conflict. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had recorded the deaths of 364,792 people, nearly a third of them civilians, since protests erupted in March 2011 against President Bashar al-Assad. The toll represents an increase of about 13,000 people in the past six months, according to the Britain-based monitor, which uses a vast network of sources including fighters, officials and medical staff. The war has killed 110,687 civilians, including more than 20,000 children and nearly 13,000 women. Another 64,800 fighters from other forces, including non-jihadist rebels, soldiers who defected and Kurdish factions, were also killed since 2011.

Source: Philippine Star September 13, 2018 14:37 UTC