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Revision as of 21:46, 24 July 2012 by EkoGraf (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Estimates of deaths in the Syrian civil war vary with figures from 19,000 to 26,700.
UNICEF reported that over 500 children have been killed. Another 400 children have been reportedly arrested and tortured in Syrian prisons. Both claims have been contested by the Syrian government. Additionally, over 600 detainees and political prisoners have died under torture.
Overall deaths
The number of fatalities in the conflict, according to the Syrian opposition website Syrian Martyrs, was 21,369, updated to 23 July 2012. The number includes 1,590 military defectors, and does not include members of the government security forces or foreign fighters who have died on both sides. 180 foreign civilians who have died in the conflict are also included in the toll, most of them, 145, being Palestinians. The Syrian Martyrs number is significantly higher than the ones presented by other organisations, including the UN, one reason being they record deaths even when no name is given for the reportedly killed individual.
| Governorate | Number of deaths |
|---|---|
| Latakia | 401 |
| Rif Dimashq | 2,654 |
| Homs | 7,110 |
| Hama | 2,465 |
| Al-Hasakah | 72 |
| Daraa | 2,062 |
| Aleppo | 967 |
| Deir ez-Zor | 1,146 |
| Damascus | 626 |
| Tartus | 71 |
| Quneitra | 21 |
| Idlib | 3,368 |
| As-Suwayda | 13 |
| Ar-Raqqah | 61 |
| Total | 21,037 |
Other estimates range from 16,000 to 19,695. Except for the L.C.C. estimate, which does not count security forces, all of the totals include civilians, rebels, and security forces. Foreign civilians and fighters who have died on both sides are not included in the following figures:
| Source | Casualties | Time period |
|---|---|---|
| Local Coordination Committees | 16,000 killed | 15 March 2011 – 19 July 2012 |
| United Nations | 16,000 killed | 15 March 2011 – 19 July 2012 |
| Syrian Observatory for Human Rights | 19,106 killed | 15 March 2011 – 21 July 2012 |
| The Violation Documentation Centre | 19,694 killed | 15 March 2011 – 24 July 2012 |
Al Jazeera journalist Nir Rosen reported that many of the deaths reported daily by activists are in fact armed insurgents falsely presented as civilian deaths, but confirmed that real civilian deaths do occur on a regular basis. A number of Middle East political analysts, including those from the Lebanese Al Akhbar newspaper, have also urged caution.
This was later confirmed when in late May 2012, Rami Abdulrahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is one of the opposition-affiliated groups counting the number of those killed in the uprising, stated that civilians who had taken up arms during the conflict were being counted under the category of "civilians".
Combatant deaths
| Pro-government combatants | Casualties |
|---|---|
| Syrian military and police | 4,861-5,000 killed |
| Shabiha | Unknown, 68 conf. |
| Lebanese Hezbollah | 147 killed |
| Iranian Basij | 85 killed |
| TOTAL | 5,161-5,300 killed |
Due to the opposition's policy of counting rebel fighters that were not defectors as civilians a complete number of rebels killed in the conflict, thus far, does not exist. The following is a timeline of reported rebel deaths with the stated purpose of establishing a close approximation of the number of opposition fighters killed.
| Date | Casualties | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2011 – 31 January 2012 | 816 killed | Number includes defectors exclusively who died in various engagements. |
| 15 March 2011 – 23 June 2012 | 36 killed | Number includes foreign fighters exclusively who died in various engagements. |
| 1 February 2011 – 12 July 2012 | 1,068 killed | Number includes defectors exclusively who died in various engagements. |
| 1 August 2011 – 19 April 2012 | 1,837 killed | 2,000 rebels died in Homs province in the given period, of which 163 were defectors who are listed above. |
| 28 February 2012 – 12 July 2012 | 492 killed | 600 rebels died in Idlib province in the given period, of which 108 were defectors who are listed above. |
| March 2012 | 14 killed | Volunteers who were killed during shelling on the Turkish border. |
| June 2012 | 12 killed | Killed during fighting for Talbiseh. |
| June 2012 | 6 killed | Killed during fighting at the Crac des Chevaliers. |
| 5 June 2012 – 13 June 2012 | 17 killed | 23 rebels died during the Battle of Al-Haffah, of which 6 were defectors who are listed above. |
| 12 July 2012 | 50 killed | Killed during fighting at Tremseh. |
| 13 July 2012 | 32 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 14 July 2012 | 26 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 15 July 2012 | 16 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 16 July 2012 | 28 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 17 July 2012 | 20 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 18 July 2012 | 28 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 19 July 2012 | 41 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 20 July 2012 | 36 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 21 July 2012 | 22 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 22 July 2012 | 22 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 23 July 2012 | 43 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| 24 July 2012 | 15 killed | Killed throughout the country. |
| TOTAL | 4,677 killed | Total reported. |
Foreign civilians killed
| Country | Number of deaths |
|---|---|
| Palestine | 144 |
| Iraq | 26 |
| Lebanon | 15 |
| Turkey | 6 |
| Tunisia | 6 |
| Egypt | 4 |
| Jordan | 3 |
| France | 2 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Libya | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Sudan | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
| Total | 213 |
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