Massive death toll estimates have been the order of the day in Syria for quite some time, but little thought it given on who was killed. Rebel mouthpiece the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights today issued a report on the numbers.
According to the report, the vast majority of the people killed in the civil war, some 120,000 out of the 190,000 killed overall, are labeled “pro-Assad fighters,” including both troops and militias.
It’s a trend that’s been continuing throughout the war, with figures on the most recent five months detailing 11,000 pro-Assad fighters, including 5,631 soldiers, killed in the fighting.
Splits among fighters who are not military personnel will inevitably contentious, as both sides are forever labeling people they killed combatants for the sake of avoiding international criticism.
Let's hope not.
If not, would seem to mean a lot's on the conscience of the rebel-mouthpiece.
What truly amazes me is how antiwar gives so much credit to what the article itself recognizes is a 'rebel' mouthpiece!!! With close ties to brit disinfo and intel btw.
Anybody who believes the wahabi terrorists in Syria have killed 120.000 SAA regulars and pro-government militia, while suffering only 70,000 KIA must have their heads examined!
The rate must be some 2/3 wahabi mercenaries to 1 government soldier/militia.
SOHRs is a bad joke and their stats made up.
You just have to read between the lines.
Rebels have killed 120K people
Assads have killed 70K people