In 8 Years 3,70,000 People Were Killed in Syria: Report

Though the war with the ISIS is said to be in control, yet the recent reports released by Human Rights organisation are alarming, which says eight years of war in Syria have left more than 370,000 people were killed which includes 112,000 civilians.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, that has a network of sources around the country also added, more than 21,000 children and 13,000 women were among the dead.

The conflict, that started with unprecedented anti-government protests in the southern city of Daraa on March 15, 2011, gradually started to spread across Syria and were brutally and violently suppressed by the power at the centre. This triggered a multi-level armed conflict, which has also drawn in foreign powers and militant groups.

The Britain-based Observatory’s last casualty toll report on the Syrian conflict was issued in September last year were it has quoted more than 360,000 dead. More than 125,000 Syrian government soldiers and pro-regime fighters also figured in the latest report, the monitoring group informed. Other fighters, which include the rebels and Kurds also, accounted for 67,000 of those killed.

More than 66,000 were jihadists who were mainly from the Islamist State (IS) group and Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), dominated by Al-Qaida’s former affiliate in Syria.

The devastating conflict in Syria has also displaced or sent into exile nearly 13 million Syrians, because of the destruction, which amounted for the billions of dollars.

Syrian President Bashar al Assad with the support of powerful allies like Russia and Iran has won his war for political survival but has badly fractured his country, which is cash-strapped now.

With massive Russian intervention, Assad now controls two-thirds of Syria’s territory. Still, some of the important areas are beyond its control, including a swathe of the oil-rich northeast, which is now held by Kurdish-led fighters.

The US backs the Syrian Democratic Forces, which are leading an-anti IS campaign and US President Donald Trump, has recently called back his forces, declaring the war has ended.

The conflict in Syria is estimated to have set its economy back for the past three decades. As the 8 years of conflict has destroyed major infrastructure paralyzing the production of electricity and oil.

President Bashar al Assad, however, is regaining its control of key commercial arteries and started a tentative comeback on the Arab diplomatic scene. But it is now for everyone to see, how the process of changes are actually bought at the ground level that can change the life of the people for good.