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Syria Death Toll Reaches 7,636 Since Last March

The death toll in Syria since protests erupted against the regime of President Bashar Assad in March last year has reached 7,636, a human rights group said on Wednesday.

The toll consists of 5,542 civilians, 1,692 soldiers and police, and some 400 rebel troops, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, told Agence France Presse.

Source: Agence France Presse


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