At Least 4,220 Killed in Syria During November

BEIRUT – At least 4,220 people died a violent death in Syria during the month of November, down from October’s death toll of 5,772 in a civil war now in its third year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

A total of 869 civilians, including at least 152 children, lost their lives in November, according to SOHR.

Of that number, 385 were killed by the Syrian regime’s aerial bombardments, while 16 others died in airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition.

At the same time, 553 people were killed last month including militants belonging to various factions and Kurdish protection forces, while 12 deserters from the Syrian Army were killed as well.

Jihadists from groups such as the Islamic State and the Nusra Front, a subsidiary of Al Qaeda in Syria, the al-Mohajrin wa al-Ansar army and Jund al Aqsa suffered 1,343 casualties in their ranks.

SOHR also documented the death of 689 Syrian Army soldiers, 612 of these members of the National Defense Forces and the civilian militias that support President Bashar al-Assad.

Another 13 casualties were members of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia group, and 49 were pro-Damascus foreign fighters, most of whom were also followers of the Shia sect of Islam.