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War Planes Target Two Civil Defence Centres in Idlib

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War planes believed to be Russian targeted the civil defence centre of Ma’arat al-Noman (rural Idlib) with several highly explosive vacuum missiles, killing one officer and injuring five others including the centre’s director. Large material damage was also caused to the centre and the machines within it, in addition to material damage caused to the […]

September 2016: The Targeting of the Medical and Relief Sector

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The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has documented the targeting of nine hospitals and medical points during September 2016, in the highest number of attacks on hospitals to have taken place within one month during 2016. Four of the targeted hospitals were in Aleppo and three in Idlib, whilst one was in Hama and one […]

War Planes Continue Assault on Aleppo Civilians

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Russian war planes, as well as war planes and helicopters of the Syrian regime continue their assault on several districts of Aleppo city, killing 23 people today (at the moment of writing), at least 14 of whom are from al-Sha’ar. The bombing targeted the districts of al-Sukari, Ba’ideen, Hanano, al-Sakhoor, al-Ansari, al-Indharat, al-Sha’ar, Bab al-Hadeed, […]

Series of Massacres in Aleppo for the Third Consecutive Day

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Syrian and Russian war planes continue their intense bombing campaign on Aleppo city for the third consecutive day, having killed a total of 68 people by 6pm on Sunday evening. The use of vacuum missiles, cluster bombs and phosphorous bombs have all been recorded during this assault. SHRC has documented four massacres in the city […]

Massacre in Ma’arat Ma’sareen on First Day of Eid

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War planes targeted the popular market of Ma’arat Ma’sareen in rural Idlib on the first day of Eid al-Adha, killing 13 people and injuring several others. The massacre took place before the agreement for a ceasefire between the foreign offices of America and Russia came in. Victims identified include: Ahmed al-Abasi Badalah Ahmed Bitar Taghreed […]

War Planes Target Civil Defence Teams in Aleppo and Idlib

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War planes believed to be Russian targeted the city of Khan Sheikhoon in rural Idlib, killing six people, among them two that volunteered with the civil defence. Helicopters also targeted the district of al-Saliheen in Aleppo city with barrel bombs, and then proceeded to bombing the civil defence team after they arrived at the scene […]

The Targeting of the Medical and Relief Sector in August 2016

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The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented the targeting of 11 hospitals and medical centres in August 2016, four of which were in rural Damascus, three in Aleppo, three in Homs, and one in Idlib. In addition, a directorate for health in the province of Idlib was targeted. SHRC also documented the continuation of the […]