The Japan Times
The death toll in Syria’s civil war has now topped 136,000 after January saw one of the conflict’s bloodiest months, an NGO said Saturday, as violence continues to claim yet more civilian lives.
The prospects of a peaceful outcome looked dim after 10 days of talks in Geneva yielded no tangible results and the regime said it was unsure whether it would return to the negotiating table.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll at the end of January was at least 136,227.
The Britain-based group’s director, Rami Abdel Rahman, said “January was among the bloodiest months since the beginning of the conflict” in March 2011.
Among the dead were 47,998 civilians, including more than 7,300 children.
The Observatory said the real toll could be much higher because of the extreme secrecy of rebels, jihadists and the regime about casualty figures.
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The death toll in Syria’s civil war has now topped 136,000 after January saw one of the conflict’s bloodiest months, an NGO said Saturday, as violence continues to claim yet more civilian lives.
The prospects of a peaceful outcome looked dim after 10 days of talks in Geneva yielded no tangible results and the regime said it was unsure whether it would return to the negotiating table.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the death toll at the end of January was at least 136,227.
The Britain-based group’s director, Rami Abdel Rahman, said “January was among the bloodiest months since the beginning of the conflict” in March 2011.
Among the dead were 47,998 civilians, including more than 7,300 children.
The Observatory said the real toll could be much higher because of the extreme secrecy of rebels, jihadists and the regime about casualty figures.
Read more
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