Syria registers its highest death toll in three years due to war in 2023

2023-12-31 23:14:00

At least 4,360 people, including 1,900 civilians, died in Syria in 2023, the highest number since 2020, reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH), which called on the parties to work to stop the bloodshed in this war. which began in March 2011 within the framework of the Arab Spring.

The OSDH, an organization run by opponents in exile in Londonstressed that The figure is higher than that recorded last year, when 3,825 people died, the lowest number since the start of the armed conflict more than a decade ago.

Among the 1,889 civilians killed this year are 241 women and 307 childrensaid the organization, which has informants in Syrian territory.

The organization regretted that despite all attempts to reach solutions and “the resolutions and truces of the Security Council, (…) the bloodshed continues on Syrian soil, as well as the massacres and fighting continue,” the organization reported. Europa Press news agency.

“We once again call on the parties to work seriously and continuously to the maximum of their abilities to stop the bloodshed of the Syrian people, who faced tyranny and injustice in order to achieve a State of democracy, freedom, justice and equality,” he proclaimed.

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In this sense, he emphasized that the “those responsible for crimes, violations and atrocities against the Syrian people be brought to justice” and renewed his commitment to continue documenting human rights violations occurring on the ground.

Half a million people died over the 12 years in the conflict, which began with anti-government protests that were harshly repressed by the Government, which radicalized it, with a faction of the Army and other armed groups facing the forces of President Bashar al Assad.

The crisis was the perfect breeding ground for the growth of the radical group Islamic State, from Iraq, which controlled a large part of the territoryuntil he was expelled by an international coalition made up of the main world powers.