The death toll in Syria's three-year conflict has climbed past 160,000, a anti-regime group of activists said Monday, a harrowing figure that reflects the relentless bloodletting in a civil war that appears no closer to being resolved.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday it has documented 162,402 deaths in the conflict, including civilians, rebels and members of the Syrian military.
The uprising also has killed 26,858 rebel fighters and 37,685 Syrian soldiers, the Observatory said. It said 25,147 pro-government fighters also have died on the battlefield, including 438 Hezbollah militants, and 1,224 Shiite foreign fighters and Palestinian militants.
The Syrian government does not publicize the number of its casualties.
In Monday's fighting, the Observatory said that 10 aircraft strikes pounded the Damascus suburb of Mliha, two days after the commander of Syria's air defense forces was fatally wounded by rebel forces.
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