Syria Body Count
Are casualties in Syria high enough to be a factor in whether either side can keep fighting? I assume Assad's forces are more vulnerable to collapse.
Over 220,000 have died in the Syrian civil war, so far:
Over 220,000 have died in the Syrian civil war, so far:
"We have counted 222,271 deaths since the start of the revolt in March 2011," the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP. ??
That underestimates the intensity because fighting really didn't get going until about three years ago.
They specify 67,000 dead civilians; 44,000 Assad regime forces; 700 Hezbollah; 2,300 other foreign fighters (of the Iran-organized Shia foreign legion); almost 40,000 rebels (I assume locals, of all varieties); and 28,000 foreign rebel jihadis.
This adds up to 182,000. Who are the other 40,000? Or are they simply unsure whether those dead are combatants or civilians? I assume that must be the case.
I assume that the real uncertainty must be whether military-age male casualties are rebel or civilians.
They don't count 20,000 missing
They specify 67,000 dead civilians; 44,000 Assad regime forces; 700 Hezbollah; 2,300 other foreign fighters (of the Iran-organized Shia foreign legion); almost 40,000 rebels (I assume locals, of all varieties); and 28,000 foreign rebel jihadis.
This adds up to 182,000. Who are the other 40,000? Or are they simply unsure whether those dead are combatants or civilians? I assume that must be the case.
I assume that the real uncertainty must be whether military-age male casualties are rebel or civilians.
They don't count 20,000 missing
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