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July 23, 2014

Human Rights Group: Over 700 Killed in Deadliest 48-Hour Span of Syrian Civil War 
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Syria has reportedly seen the deadliest 48-hour period of its three-year
civil war. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says
more than 700 people were killed on Thursday and Friday, more than those
killed in the chemical attack on Ghouta nearly one year ago. Most of
last week's dead were killed in heavy clashes between government forces
and rebel fighters at the Shaar gas field in central Syria. The
Observatory puts the overall death toll since March 2011 at 170,000,
more than one-third civilians. More than 2.8 million people have been
displaced.

 

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