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370 killed in 20 days of Russian airstrikes in Syria: NGO

UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Russian airstrikes have killed 370 people in Syria over past 20 days

21.10.2015 - Update : 23.10.2015
370 killed in 20 days of Russian airstrikes in Syria: NGO

ANKARA

The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Wednesday said that Russian airstrikes carried out in Syria had killed 370 people over the last 20 days.

According to the SOHR, the death toll includes 127 civilians, of whom 36 were children and 34 women, along with 243 fighters from militant groups such as the Nusra Front and Daesh.

The group went on to assert that the Syrian regime had conducted close to 40,000 airstrikes across Syria -- and dropped more than 21,000 barrel bombs -- since October of last year.

According to the SOHR, 6,317 civilians have been killed by regime airstrikes -- including 899 women and 1,334 children -- over the same period.

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