Almost 200,000 Syrians have been killed in fighting since 2011

The Syrian civil war, having been ongoing continuously since March of 2011, has caused the deaths of over 76,021 people in 2014, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The war between the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, secular rebel groups and numerous radical Islamist factions has spawned numerous groups, including the Islamic State which has taken over a large amount of territory in Syria and Iraq.

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The British human right group has said that of the death toll, just under half-33,278-were civilians.

Back in August of 2014 the United Nations estimated that the total death toll in Syria was 191,000. However, numerous activist groups both in Syria and abroad believe that the number is much higher.

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The United States and a coalition of other nations, including Canada, Australia and Great Britain, have joined in the war as antagonists of the Islamic State and some al-Qaeda affiliated groups.

But despite numerous and desperate requests from moderate Syrian rebel groups, neither the U.S. or the western coalition have made any intentions to intervene against al-Assad.

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