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Mu’adamiyat al-Shaam Bombed with Poisonous Gases

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Helicopters targeted the eastern area of Mu’adamiyat al-Shaam in the Eastern Ghouta with barrel bombs containing poisonous gases; at the same time as artillery bombardment was taking place. As a result, approximately 90 people suffered of suffocation. Mu’adamiyat al-Shaam’s Civil Defence also reported that eight officers, among them the leader of the centre, suffered from […]

Bloody Massacre in Idlib as Russian War Planes Target Residential Areas

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War planes, believed to be Russian, targeted residential areas in the city of Idlib, killing approximately 40 people, whilst local sources say that the number of those killed reached 70 people. In rural Idlib, the city of Khan Sheikhoon was also attacked with artillery shelling, killing three people. The civil defence mourned one of its […]

Civil Defence Photograher Killed in Rural Damascus

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The civil defence in rural Damascus have announced the death of one of its members, Mohammed Ilyaas Mahmoud al-Taweel, who worked as a photographer in centre 300 in Douma. Al-Taweel was killed, according to the press release issued by the civil defence in Douma, when a mortar rocket fell close to a group of paramedics […]

Civil Defence Centre in Eastern Ghouta Targeted

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War planes have targeted a centre for the Civil Defence in rural Damascus, almost destroying it completely. A war plane targeted the centre 115 of the Civil Defence in al-Marj in the Eastern Ghouta with two air strikes, causing great material damage to the centre. No victims or injuries were documented. War planes target health […]

The Medical Sector: 15 Hospitals Targeted in October

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During the month of October, Syrian and Russian war planes targeted medical centres and their staff- including paramedics- across various Syrian cities in a systematic manner, and in a manner more aggressive than that of previous months. SHRC documented the targeting of 15 hospitals and medical centres, five of which were in Aleppo, three in […]

War Planes cause Massacre in Masraya

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War planes targeted the residential districts of Masraya (rural Damascus) today with two air strikes, killing eight people and injuring 15 others. Members of the civil defence have rushed to the scene, and continue to rescue the victims and injured from underneath the rubble. Victims whose names have been identified include: 1. Ibrahim Adnan Darwish […]

Cities of Rural Damascus targeted with Explosive Barrels and Cluster Bombs

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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. […]

Medical and Rescue Staff Targeted in Douma

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Red Crescent staff in the city of Douma, rural Damascus, were injured during bombing which targeted the city. In a news brief, the organisation said that its staff had been subjected to injuries, without clarifying the numbers of those injured and the type of injuries they were suffering from. The Civil Defence in the city […]