2013, the bloodiest year for Syria with more than 73 thousand deaths
Beirut, Jan 2, 2014: The year 2013 was the bloodiest in the Syrian civil war, ongoing
since March 2011. On Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in
Britain, issued its data stating that in the past year, from 1 January 2013 to 31
December 2013, there were more than 73 455 dead, including 22 436 civilians.
The
Observatory has also updated the figures on deaths throughout the war period: 130
thousand, mostly soldiers and rebel fighters on both sides. The group criticizes the
international community because "it is not in taking serious action to stop the massacres
that have been committed and continue to be committed.”
The international community
- continues the group - focused on chemical weapons and on their dismantling, but
"forgot all the massacres that have killed thousands of Syrians.” (Source: AsiaNews)