Report on Syria conflict finds 11.5% of population killed or injured

The stark account of the war’s toll came as warnings multiplied about Aleppo

According to Syrian Center for policy Research (SCPR) Syria’s national wealth, infrastructure and institutions have been “almost obliterated” by the “catastrophic impact” of nearly five years of conflict, a new report has found. Fatalities caused by war, directly and indirectly have been estimateded  to be approximately 470,000. A far higher total than the figure of 250,000 used by the United Nations until it stopped collecting statistics 18 months ago.

Reporting from (SCPR),  11.5% of the country’s population have been killed or injured since the crisis erupted in March 2011, the report estimates. The number of the wounded is approximated to be 1.9 million. Life expectancy has declined from 70  years in 2010 to 55.4 in 2015. Overall economic losses are estimated at $255bn.

The stark account of the war’s toll came as warnings multiplied about Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, which is in danger of being cut off by the official forces  advance aided by Russian airstrikes. The Syrian opposition is demanding urgent action to relieve the suffering of tens of thousands of civilians.

Human rights and dignity for them only intensified when the crisis had a direct impact on the societies of developed countries.”

The conflict “continues to destroy the social and economic fabric of the country with the intensification of international interventions that deepen polarization among Syrians. Human development, rights and dignity have been comprehensively ruined.”

The report is entitled Confronting Fragmentation. Previous titles in the series track the unfolding of the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster: Syrian Catastrophe, War on Development, Squandering Humanity,  Alienation and Violence.