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..
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The Syrian figures cannot be independently verified, but the Observatory says its draws on sources all across the country.
It said a total of 76,021 had died, slightly up on 2013's toll of 73,447 and bringing the total number of deaths since the conflict began in 2011 to more than 200,000.
Of the 2014 deaths, the Observatory said:
- At least 22,627 were government soldiers or members of pro-government militias
- Almost 17,000 were militants from groups including IS and al-Nusra Front
- More than 15,000 were from moderate rebel groups and Islamist factions
- Civilians made up 17,790 of the dead
On the same day, the Iraqi government published its figures on casualties in 2014.