But figures compiled by another organization, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, tell a starkly different story. The network asserts that the overwhelming majority of dead were civilians, and the Syrian regime is responsible for killing more than 180,000 of its own people. That accounts for nearly 96 percent of all civilian fatalities, compared to 1,712 killed by the Islamic State, according to the network. Last year alone, the Syrian government killed 12,044 civilians and only 3,704 rebels or extremists, the network said.
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Date: 2016-05-13 01:23 am (UTC)http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/01/13/the-war-over-syrias-war-dead/
But figures compiled by another organization, the Syrian Network for Human Rights, tell a starkly different story. The network asserts that the overwhelming majority of dead were civilians, and the Syrian regime is responsible for killing more than 180,000 of its own people. That accounts for nearly 96 percent of all civilian fatalities, compared to 1,712 killed by the Islamic State, according to the network. Last year alone, the Syrian government killed 12,044 civilians and only 3,704 rebels or extremists, the network said.