More than 3,700 people were killed in Syria's civil war this year

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A monitor group said 3,746 people were killed in the Syrian civil war in 2021, the 11th year of the conflict in the country.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said this week that the number includes 1,505 civilians, and among them were 360 children. About 600 Islamic State, or ISIS, members were killed and 158 from the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias.

The Observatory is based in the U.K. but has a network of contacts in Syria.

The figure represents the lowest yearly count of deaths in the war so far. President Bashar Assad has declared victory in the war and his regime controls most of the country, though large sections are still under rebel control.