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The Syrian conflict cost over 76,000 lives in 2014, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Of that 3,501 were children with a total of over 17, 790 civilian deaths. Meanwhile in Iraq some 15,000 people were killed making last year the deadliest since 2007. ISIS and related groups were responsible for much of the violence in both countries.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30648181