The Saturday night carnage at the Pulse night club in Orlando Florida was rightly condemned across the world, in another corner of the world, a massacre is happening and no one seems to be taking note about it.
Reuters
May be we are too used to hearing about civilian deaths in war ravaged Syria, we might have lost count on the number of casualties.
But the recently the conflict has intensified and once again unarmed civilians caught up in the crossfire are the biggest victims.
In the first week of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, 224 people were killed. Majority of these deaths are blamed on the bombings by Syrian and Russian warplanes, an allegation Russia has denied.
Reuters
Between 6 and 12 June - the first week of the Islamic holy month of fasting - at least 148 civilians, including 50 children and 15 women, were killed as helicopters dropped "explosive barrel" bombs, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
AP
The number of civilian deaths have increased in the recent times, mainly because of the multi-faced operations going across the country including in some ISIS strongholds of Idlib where the coalition forces have made considerable progress in retaking it from the terror group.
Reuters
The Syrian conflict, arguably the most intertwined and confusing civil war of our times began in 2011 with a peaceful uprising against the Bashar Al-Assad government. But it soon descended into chaos after the government decided to go after the demonstrators.
The situation further worsened with the presence of ISIS and other anti-government forces who are fighting against each other for control.
AFP
From 2011, 450,000 people have been killed across the country in various conflicts. It has also forced millions of people out of their homes, making them refugees in neighbouring and European countries.
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