Syrian Observatory says over half a million killed during war

BEIRUT - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Monday that about 511,000 people had been killed since the Syrian war began seven years ago.

The Observatory, which tracks death tolls using a network of contacts inside Syria, said about 85 percent of the dead had been killed by government forces and their allies.  - (ANA) -

AB/ANA/ 12 March 2018 - - -