Syria: Nearly 400 killed in Russian airstrikes since October 1

Published October 21st, 2015 - 06:30 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

The UK-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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