GENEVA (AN) — At least 306,887 civilians were killed during the first decade of Syria's conflict "as a direct result of war operations" and countless more died from hunger and other suffering brought on by the war's destruction, the U.N. human rights office estimated.
Between the start of the conflict in March 2011 and March 2021 "a staggering 1.5% of the total population" at the start of the war has died, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, reported on Tuesday, raising serious concerns that both government troops and insurgents ignored international humanitarian laws. Syria had a prewar population of 22 million.
