Nearly 8,500 people, mostly civilians, were killed in violence since the beginning of the revolt in Syria in March 2011, announced Wednesday the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDO).
The victims included 6,195 civilians and 2,263 soldiers and members of security services, including 428 deserters who joined the rebels, ie a total of 8458 deaths, added OSDO director, Rami Abdel Rahman.
In late February, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe estimated that repression in Syria ended "certainly more than 7,500 dead."
The victims included 6,195 civilians and 2,263 soldiers and members of security services, including 428 deserters who joined the rebels, ie a total of 8458 deaths, added OSDO director, Rami Abdel Rahman.
In late February, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe estimated that repression in Syria ended "certainly more than 7,500 dead."
"We can not provide precise figures, but there is credible information that balance often exceeds one hundred civilians killed per day, including many children and women," he said.
The humanitarian situation is increasingly worrying in Syria, where aid organizations have access to towns devastated by bombing, especially in Homs, where a convoy of emergency is blocked six days into Baba Amr district.
The UN estimates that over 25,000 refugees currently in neighboring countries Syria, another 100,000 to 200,000 people being internally displaced.
The humanitarian situation is increasingly worrying in Syria, where aid organizations have access to towns devastated by bombing, especially in Homs, where a convoy of emergency is blocked six days into Baba Amr district.
The UN estimates that over 25,000 refugees currently in neighboring countries Syria, another 100,000 to 200,000 people being internally displaced.