76,000 die in deadliest year in Syria, more than 15,000 dead in Iraq

Jan 2, 2015 9:29 AM PHT

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76,000 die in deadliest year in Syria, more than 15,000 dead in Iraq

ALAA AL-SHEMAREE

2014 was the deadliest year in Syria and Iraq in recent memory, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria – 17,790 were civilians, including more than 3,500 children – making 2014 Syria’s deadliest in its 4-year conflict. Separately, the Iraqi government and other groups said more than 15,000 people died in Iraq, making it the worst year since 2007.

Many of the deaths were the result of the grab for land of ISIS or the Islamic State of Syria & Iraq.

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