Thursday, September 27, 2012

Syrian casualties - an overview of the figures for the week ending 17th September

This report is the latest in our series on Syria. Today’s report is in two parts:
1)       NCF Casualty estimates and
   2)       All other Casualty estimates. The second half of this latter report is so extensive that we have only included the summary here under the title “Casualties in more detail”. The full background by region of Syria can be accessed on the NCF Syria blog on the following link: FULL CASUALTY FIGURES


Casualties – The NCF casualty estimates

In an attempt to produce more a more accurate set of figures we have decided to focus on those published by the Violations Documenting Centre (VDC) as this source consistently publishes reports of identified casualties (including names of victims), with only a handful unidentified. We feel that this source currently gives the most reliable insight into the extent of the casualty damage at this stage of the conflict when compared to others that only identify a small minority of the dead.


Those killed in the past week ending 17th September

CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
(VDC Figures)
Date
Civilian casualties
Mon 10
86
Tues 11
132
Wed 12
109
Thu 13
118
Fri 14
110
Sat 15
107
Sun 16
103
TOTAL
765










REBEL CASUALTIES
(Rebel casualty figures seem unrealistically low and as such the NCF has chosen the highest available figures for each day and area)
Date
Rebel casualties
Mon 10
37
Tues 11
31
Wed 12
34
Thu 13
106
Fri 14
18
Sat 15
68
Sun 16
25
TOTAL
319





GOVERNMENT CASUALTIES
(Though massively under-reported the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is the only organisation that has consistent figures for government casualties.)
Date
Government casualties
Mon 10
22
Tues 11
26
Wed 12
42
Thu 13
28
Fri 14
19
Sat 15
32
Sun 16
29
TOTAL
198

Weekly Casualty estimates
We are sad to report that the number of dead remained high during the past week:
Civilian dead:
765 dead this past week ending 17 September
741 dead the week ending 10 September
975 dead the week ending 3 September
1279 dead the week ending 27 August
766 dead the week ending 20 August
469 dead the week ending 13 August
491 dead the week ending 6 August
829 dead the week ending 30 July
848 dead the week ending 23 July
454 dead the week ending 16 July
462 dead the week ending 9 July
665 dead the week ending 2 July
373 dead the week ended 25 June 
350 dead the week ended 18 June 
105 dead the week ended 11 June 
Rebel dead:
319 dead this past week ending 17 September
536 dead the week ending 10 September
290 dead the week ending 3 September
309 dead the week ending 27 August
373 dead the week ending 20 August
598 dead the week ending 13 August
379 dead the week ending 6 August
199 dead the week ending 30 July
211 dead the week ending 23 July
170 dead the week ending 16 July
70 dead the week ending 9 July
107 dead the week ending 2 July
77 dead the week ended 25 June
41 dead the week ended 18 June 
40 dead the week ended 11 June 
Government dead:
198 dead this past week ending 17 September
261 dead the week ending 10 September
159 dead the week ending 2 September
272 dead the week ending 27 August
269 dead the week ending 20 August
309 dead the week ending 13 August
297 dead the week ending 6 August
228 dead the week ending 30 July
348 dead the week ending 23 July
237 dead the week ending 16 July
191 dead last week ending 9 July
256 dead the week ending 2 July
143 dead the week ended 25 June
53 dead the week ended 18 June 
92 dead the week ended 11 June 
Casualties in more detail
The numbers of reported casualties follows in a table in which the source is given and a day by day breakdown of totals. For more detail including a breakdown of these figures by region go to the NCF Syria blog on this link.


TOTAL CIVILIAN CASUALTIES

SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS DOCUMENTING CENTRE
SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY
DAMASCUS CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
LOCAL COORDINATION COMMITTEES
SYRIAN SHUHADA
Mon 10
120
86
31
141
136
141
Tues 11
95
132
30
152
130
156
Wed 12
94
109
0
187
173
163
Thu 13
115
118
0
150
165
140
Fri 14
118
110
0
148
112
152
Sat 15
89
107
0
0
164
167







Sun 16
129
103
0
0
167
152




TOTAL REBEL CASUALTIES

SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS DOCUMENTING CENTRE
SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY
DAMASCUS CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
LOCAL COORDINATION COMMITTEES
SYRIAN SHUHADA
Mon 10
14
10
27
0
0
8
Tues 11
20
23
0
0
0
18
Wed 12
18
15
18
0
0
15
Thu 13
23
22
86
0
0
16
Fri 14
13
11
0
0
0
10
Sat 15
18
11
0
0
0
11
Sun 16
20
15
0
0
0
14





TOTAL GOVERNMENT CASUALTIES

SYRIAN OBSERVATORY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS DOCUMENTING CENTRE
SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY
DAMASCUS CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
LOCAL COORDINATION COMMITTEES
SYRIAN SHUHADA
Mon 10
21
1
0
0
0
0
Tues 11
26
0
0
0
0
0
Wed 12
42
0
0
0
0
0
Thu 13
28
1
0
0
0
0
Fri 14
19
0
0
0
0
0
Sat 15
32
1
0
0
0
0
Sun 16
29
1
0
0
0
0




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