The relentless violence in Syria: By the numbers

Syria is bleeding, and the world is only half-watching as Bashar al-Assad's security forces systematically try to destroy any opposition to his family dynasty

A boy attends a London demonstration against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: Opposition forces say 9,000 Syrians have been killed during Assad's lethal assault on pro-democracy activists.
(Image credit: Bimal Gautam/xh/Xinhua Press/Corbis)

The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted on Monday that it is responding to its people's demands for reforms, touting the overwhelming approval of a referendum ushering in a new constitution and multi-party democracy. But to many observers on the outside and activists on the inside, the referendum was a "farce," and Assad continues to mercilessly kill anyone demanding change, especially in the restive city of Homs. Mother Jones reported Monday it had obtained a leaked government "hit list" with details on where to find thousands of government opponents, presumably to capture or kill them. Here, a by-the-numbers look at one of the longest, bloodiest offshoots of the Arab Spring:

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