96,000 Syrians Have Been Killed Since The Start Of The Civil War

Assad Backers Reportedly Make Up 43 Percent Of Dead In Syria -- McClatchy News

BEIRUT — A new count of the dead in Syria by the group that’s considered the most authoritative tracker of violence there has concluded that more than 40 percent were government soldiers and pro-government militia members.

The new numbers from the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights provide a previously unseen view of the toll the civil war has taken on communities that have supported the government. They also cast doubt on the widely repeated assertion that the government of President Bashar Assad is responsible for an overwhelming majority of the deaths there.

According to the new statistics, which the Syrian Observatory passed to McClatchy by phone, at least 96,431 people have lost their lives in the more than two years of violence that’s wracked Syria.

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My Comment: With no end in sight to Syria's civil war, expect this total to double (if not more) by next year.