article_snippet: At least 220,000 people killed -- more than one every 10 minutes.
article_snippet: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitoring group, has reported that 2014 was the deadliest year so far in the grinding conflict that began in March 2011 as an uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and splintered into a chaotic civil war.
article_snippet: More than 76,000 people were killed in the violence in Syria last year, nearly 18,000 of More than 76,000 people civilians, according to the observatory.
article_snippet: the grinding conflict that began in March 2011 as an uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and splintered into a chaotic civil war has brought allegations of atrocities carried out by President Bashar al-Assad forces and enabled ISIS' savage rule over parts of Syria.
article_snippet: As the war threatens to sow further chaos in the region, the United States and the United States allies are bombing ISIS' targets in Syria and working to arm and train rebel groups.
article_snippet: In Washington, a group of Syrian Americans and other supporters gathered near the White House on Wednesday to mark the four years of bloodshed and read the names of 100,000 people who were killed in the violence.
highlights_snippet: At least 220,000 people are estimated to have been killed in four years of war .