{"id":35531,"date":"2019-03-15T11:23:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=35531"},"modified":"2019-03-15T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T11:23:18","slug":"syria-death-toll-more-than-370000-in-8-years-of-war-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=35531","title":{"rendered":"Syria death toll more than 370,000 in 8 years of war: monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1467081\/middle-east\" readability=\"67\">\n<p>\nBEIRUT: Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people dead including 112,000 civilians, a monitor said Friday.<br \/>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across the country, said more than 21,000 children and 13,000 women were among the dead.<br \/>The conflict flared after unprecedented anti-government protests in the southern city of Daraa on March 15, 2011.<br \/>Demonstrations spread across Syria and were brutally suppressed by the regime, triggering a multi-front armed conflict that has drawn in foreign powers and militant groups.<br \/>The Britain-based Observatory&#8217;s last casualty toll on the Syrian conflict, issued in September, stood at more than 360,000 dead.<br \/>Over 125,000 Syrian government soldiers and pro-regime fighters figured in the latest toll, the monitoring group said.<br \/>It said other fighters, including rebels and Kurds, accounted for 67,000 of those killed.<br \/>Almost 66,000 were militants, mainly from the Daesh group and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), dominated by Al-Qaeda&#8217;s former affiliate in Syria.<br \/>The devastating conflict has displaced or sent into exile around 13 million Syrians, causing billions of dollars-worth of destruction.<br \/>With the support of powerful allies Russia and Iran, President Bashar al-Assad has won his war for political survival but his country is fractured and cash-strapped.<br \/>Having reversed rebel gains with a massive Russian intervention, Assad now controls almost two-thirds of Syria&#8217;s territory.<br \/>But key areas remain beyond regime control, including a swathe of the oil-rich northeast held by Kurdish-led fighters.<br \/>Washington backs the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are spearheading an anti-Daesh campaign, which is drawing to a close near the Iraqi border.<br \/>Idlib in northwestern Syria, held by HTS, is protected by a ceasefire deal between Ankara and Moscow which has seen Turkish troops deployed to the area.<br \/>Syria&#8217;s conflict is estimated to have set its economy back three decades, destroying infrastructure and paralysing the production of electricity and oil.<br \/>Assad, however, has regained control of key commercial arteries and started a tentative comeback on the Arab diplomatic scene.<br \/>Several countries have called for Syria to be reintegrated into the Arab League, from which it was suspended as the death toll from the uprising mounted in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIRUT: Eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people dead including 112,000 civilians, a monitor said Friday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across the country, said more than 21,000 children and 13,000 women were among the dead.The conflict flared after unprecedented anti-government protests in 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