More than 270,000 people have been killed in Syria's nearly five-year conflict, a monitor said Tuesday in a new toll released just a day after a ceasefire deal was announced, AFP reports.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a total of 271,138 people have lost their lives in the war which broke out on March 2011. The dead include 79,106 civilians, of whom 13,500 children and 8,760 women. Non-jihadist rebel fighters killed in the conflict numbered 46,452, while Islamists and extremist fighters - including foreigners - numbered 44,254.
The Observatory said the death toll also includes 97,842 pro-regime fighters, over half of them government troops.