December 30, 2015

Syria: More than 21,000 killed in 2015

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Wednesday 30 Dec 2015 - 11:35 Makkah mean time-19-3-1437

London, (IINA) - The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) released a report on Monday saying that 1,793 people were killed in December, pointing out that this year’s death toll now stands at 21,179 – 75 percent of whom were murdered by the Assad regime, Anadolu Agency reported.
The London-based NGO documented 15,748 deaths by regime forces, including 12,044 civilians. At least 2,592 of the victims were children, and 1,957 were women.
According to the report, Russian forces killed 849 civilians, including 199 children and 109 women since September.
Syrian Kurdish forces killed 132 civilians, including 32 children and 12 women. ISIS killed 2,098 people, including 1,366 civilians, while Al-Nusra Front killed 167 people, including 89 civilians.
Also, 1,121 people were killed by Syrian opposition factions, including 1,072 civilians.
According to UN figures, at least 250,000 people have been killed since the Syria conflict began in 2011.
AG/IINA  

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