The Syrian Air Force carried out at least 44,023 airstrikes on various provinces in the last 14 months, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported Monday. The Observatory stated that Syrian helicopters dropped 23,784 barrel bombs on Rif Dimashq, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Al Hasakah, Deir Ezzor, Al Quneitera, al- Suwaydaa, Daraa, Idlib and Lattakia. It added that Assad's warplanes launched at least 20,239 airstrikes on Damascus, Rif Dimashq, Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Al Hasakah, Deir Ezzor, Al Raqqa, Al Quneitera, Daraa, Idlib and Lattakia. SOHR also documented that 7,274 civilians were killed in Assad's airstrikes including 1,035 women and 1,533 children due to aerial bombardment carried out by the regime warplanes and helicopters, pointing out that 37 thousands other civilians were wounded. It reported that 3,862 Nusra Front, Islamic State, rebel and Islamic battalions' fighters were killed in Al Assad's regime airstrikes. The conflict in Syria has evolved from a purported revolution to a civil war during the summer of 2012.
