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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) recently announced that the death toll from Syria’s brutal conflict has exceeded 160,000 people. That figure marks an increase of more than 10,000 people killed in less than two months. At the beginning of April, SOHR had put the death toll at just over 150,000 people.
Here at Middle East Matters, we have continued to compile data from Syria’s brutal conflict. Our sources include the Violations Documentation Center in Syria (VDC), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), and the Syrian Revolution Martyr Database, as well as refugee numbers from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
To see just how dramatically the war has affected the Syrian people since we started tracking the statistics two years ago, compare the figures below with the corresponding numbers for the months February 2014, September 2013, May 2013, October 2012, August 2012, and June 2012. The numbers are staggering.
Length of Conflict
38 months
Deaths
Total estimated deaths: 162,402**
Total estimated opposition deaths: 96,621 – 105,816
Total estimated regime deaths: 14,145
Opposition military: 22,671 – 26,567
**Estimated deaths as of March 31, 2014, by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Deaths by Province
Rural Damascus: 22,167 – 25,236
UN Refugees – Registered or Waiting to be Registered
Total number of refugees registered or awaiting registration by the UN: 2,492,495
Total number of registered refugees: 2,805,715
Persons awaiting registration: 71,154
Turkey
Total number of registered refugees: 717,909
Persons awaiting registration: 0
Jordan
Total number of registered refugees: 596,062
Persons awaiting registration: 0
Lebanon
Total number of registered refugees: 1,077,704
Persons awaiting registration: 55,482
Iraq
Total number of registered refugees: 223,113
Persons awaiting registration: 15,672
Egypt
Total number of registered refugees: 137,560
Persons awaiting registration: 0
Internally Displaced Persons in Syria
Aid
Total funding requirements for 2014: $4,264,717,711
Total funded: $1,012,444,496
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