'Thank the statists': Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year

The year 2014 was the deadliest year yet in Syria's four-year conflict, with over 76,000 killed, activists say.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 17,790 of the dead were civilians, including 3,501 children.

Meanwhile more than 15,000 died in conflicts in Iraq in 2014, making it that country's worst year since 2007.

Much of the violence comes as a result of advances by Islamic State and other militants groups in the two countries.

US-led air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants, fighting between government troops and rebels in Syria, and sectarian violence in Iraq have also accounted for large numbers of deaths.

The air strikes continued on Thursday, with 17 against IS targets near the Syrian cities of Raqqa, Kobane and Deir al-Zour and 12 near the Iraqi cities of Falluja, Mosul and Sinjar.

Meanwhile Syrian President Bashar al-Assad marked the new year with a visit to front-line troops in the Damascus suburb of Jobar.

Mr Assad's Twitter and Facebook accounts showed pictures of him talking to two soldiers by a tank and shaking hands with a third.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30648181
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'Thank the statists': Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year

'Thank the statists': Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year

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