War planes targeted the city of Douma (rural Damascus) with cluster bombs on Friday morning, killing five people and injuring several others. Helicopters also targeted the western suburbs of the city with eight barrel bombs. Victims identified include: 1. Mohammed ‘Arbash 2. Ahmad Hanan 3. Yasir al-Tabaakh In addition, artillery bombing of the city of […]
Bombing on Northern Homs continues whilst Killing and Displacement Intensifies
War planes, thought to be Russian, continued their intense bombing of the northern Homs countryside this morning, and in particular, on areas with a high concentration of civilians, matter which is causing a great wave of displacement in the area. The majority of the residents of Teir Ma’alah- the town with the highest population in […]
Cities of Rural Damascus targeted with Explosive Barrels and Cluster Bombs
Cities and villages of the Eastern Ghouta have been subjected to violent bombing by war planes and helicopters, dropping internationally prohibited cluster bombs, as well as barrel bombs and rockets. In the city of Douma, which lies in the Eastern Ghouta, three children were killed after suburbs of the city were bombed with cluster bombs. […]
Bloody Massacres on Markets in Eastern Rural Aleppo
Helicopters targeted the Haal Market and the Centre of al-Baab in eastern rural Aleppo with barrel bombs, which according to medical sources in the city, killed approximately 90 people. SHRC has not been able to verify this number until now, due to the fact that the area is controlled by ISIS. War planes also targeted […]
Explosive Container Destroys Residential Area in Saraqib
The city of Saraqib in Idlib was subjected to bombing with an explosive container early Sunday morning, leading to the complete destruction of a residential area. Helicopters dropped the explosive container at 1am, followed by three explosive barrels at 2am. The houses were empty, hence no injuries were documented despite the wide scale destruction which […]
Third Massacre in Al-Baab targets Market, Mosque and Hospital
Four helicopters targeted the city of al-Baab in eastern rural Aleppo, causing a massacre which killed 35 civilians and left tens injured. The helicopters released eight barrel bombs in different locations across the city. The bombs were all dropped within less than an hour, on Sunday morning. The bombs targeted the fuel market in the […]
Daily Reports on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 12/02/2014
The death toll on Wednesday reached 183, including 13 women and 30 children. The largest number killed were from Aleppo, in which 88 were killed, including 28 people that died as a result of the bombing on al-Sakhour, eight in Karam Maisir, nine in Mari’, four in Sheikh Najar and five in Jabal Badur district. […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 05/01/2014
The death toll on Wednesday reached 75 deaths. Among them were five women, five children, six that died from bombing of explosive barrels on al-Ansari in Aleppo and five that were killed by an air strike near Farn al-Wahda in al-Maysar district in Aleppo. And among the dead was a man from al-Thamir in Rural […]