Grupe za zaštitu ljudskih prava ocjenjuju da je u okršajima širom zemlje od marta poginulo najmanje 1.300 civila i preko 300 pripadnika vojske i policije. Zbog tih okršaja, na hiljade Sirijaca moralo je napustiti svoje domove.
Rights groups estimate that at least 1,300 civilians, and more than 300 soldiers and police have been killed in clashes across the country since March, clashes that have forced thousands of Syrians to flee their homes.