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WorldPosted at: Feb 11 2016 2:33PM


Death toll in Syrian civil war is 470,000 - The Guardian

LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) In five years of civil war, 400,000 Syrians have been killed and another 70,000 have perished due to a lack of basics such as clean water and healthcare, the Guardian newspaper reported today.
That amounts to 11 per cent of the population, it said, citing the Syrian Centre for Policy Research.
A US-led coalition is trying to destroy Islamic State militants in Syria and wants President Bashar al-Assad to go. But Russia and Iran are propping up Assad and oppose the opponents of Assad who are being supported by the West its Arab allies such as Saudi Arabia.
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