The death toll in Syria on Saturday 16/09/2017 reached 21 deaths including five children, a woman and one killed under torture.
In Deir Azzour, 18 civilians were killed; 13 in shelling on the town of Mahkan and the village of Mathlum Tahtani, and five as a result of warplanes targeting their boat while attempting to cross Euphrates river.
In addition, two were killed in rural Damascus, one shot by a regime sniper and the other shot at Filaq ar-Rahman barrier. A civilian was also killed in Yarmouk camp (Damascus) under torture in a regime prison.