U.N. issues new Syria war death toll, says 350,000 is an 'undercount'

FILE PHOTO: A Syrian Civil Defence member carries a wounded child in the besieged town of Hamoria, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria January 6, 2018. REUTERS/ Bassam Khabieh/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 350,209 people have been killed in the decade-old war in Syria, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday in its first report since 2014 on the death toll, adding that the tally was an "undercount".

The figure includes civilians and combatants and is based on strict methodology requiring the full name of the deceased, as well as an established date and location of death.