More than a quarter of a million people have been killed in Syria\u2019s brutal conflict since it began with anti-government protests over four years ago, a monitoring group said Friday.<\/p>\n
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it has documented the deaths of 250,124 people, including at least 74,426 civilians.
\nThe civilian toll includes 12,517 children and 8,062 women.
\nCompiled by the British-based Observatory, which relies on a network of sources on the ground in Syria, the toll is an increase from the 240,000 figure it announced in August.
\nIt puts the toll for rebel fighters at 43,752, and the number of foreign militants killed at 37,010.
\nAt least 91,678 pro-government forces, among them 52,077 regime soldiers and other allied Syrian and non-Syrian fighters, have also been killed.
\nSyria\u2019s army is backed by local pro-government militias but also fighters from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon\u2019s Shiite Hezbollah militia.
\nThe monitor said it had recorded the deaths of 971 Hezbollah fighters in Syria.
\nThe Observatory also documented the deaths of 3,258 people who could not be identified.
\nIts toll does not include some 30,000 people missing in Syria, among them 20,000 said to be held in Syrian jails.
\nIt also does not include thousands of loyalist forces held by rebel factions or by the ISIS militant group.
\nThe Syrian conflict began with anti-government protests in March 2011 before spiraling into a multi-front war across the country after a brutal regime crackdown.
\nAt least four million Syrians have been forced to flee the violence to neighboring countries, and millions more are displaced inside the war-torn country.<\/p>\n
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