Syria's Civil War has Cost Nearly Half A Million Lives

The civil war in Syria has claimed nearly 494,438 lives in ten years. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports this after a new count.

 

More than a year ago, the death toll was 384,000.

The civil war started during the Arab Spring in 2011 after peaceful protests against the authoritarian rule of President Bashar al-Assad. The government army is fighting rebels and jihadist groups.

11 million people have been displaced, almost half the population that Syria had before the outbreak of the war.

By Arsh Khan

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