Seven years of conflict in Syria have left more than 350,000 people dead, according to an updated overall death toll released Monday by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>\n
The Britain-based monitoring group, which relies on an extensive network of sources on the ground across Syria, said 353,935 people have been killed since March 15, 2011.<\/p>\n
The conflict, which will enter its eighth year on Thursday, is taking a devastating toll on civilians, including in the ongoing regime assault on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus.<\/p>\n
According to the head of Observatory, 106,390 civilians have been killed in seven years.<\/p>\n
Here is a breakdown of the deaths, according to the Observatory:<\/p>\n
106,390 civilians, including 19,811 children and 12,513 women<\/p>\n
63,820 regime soldiers<\/p>\n
58,130 regime-allied and militia fighters (including 1,630 from Lebanon\u2019s Hezbollah and 7,686 from other foreign Shiite groups)<\/p>\n
63,360 hardline Islamists and jihadists (including from the Islamic State group and a former Al-Qaeda affiliate)<\/p>\n
62,039 fighters from other forces, including non-jihadist rebels, Kurdish forces and defected government soldiers<\/p>\n
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