At least 87 soldiers in the Syrian army have been killed in the day’s fighting — the heaviest toll since the start of the conflict, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday.

“More than 70 percent of the deaths today are soldiers — that shows the intensity of the fighting,” said the Observatory’s president, Rami Abdel Rahman.

At least 210 people had been killed across the country Thursday, including 64 rebel fighters and 59 civilians, according to the latest Observatory toll.

The group compiles its figures from a network of contacts on the ground.

Of the soldiers killed Thursday, 36 of them died in fighting in the northeast province of Idlib, where much of the fiercest clashes have taken place over the last three months.

Today’s death added to an overall tally of more than 32,000 killed in the nearly 19-month conflict.

87 Syrian Soldiers killed, Highest Death Toll Since Start of Conflict: NGO