The UN has decided to stop its programme of dropping relief on Deir Azzour via air- a programme in which food and other relief items were dropped five days of the week for three continuous years, reaching approximately 100,000 people who were living under a siege imposed by ISIS. Recently, regime forces broke the siege […]
Four Years After Ghouta’s Chemical Massacre: The Criminals Remain Free
On 21/8/2013, the Eastern Ghouta was subjected to bombing with missiles containing poisonous gases. Within a couple of hours, 1300 people had died and approximately 2000 were suffering from various levels of suffocation. This attack came to be known as one of the worst massacres Syria had seen since the uprisings began in 2011. At […]
Four Die Whilst Waiting for Evacuation
The delay in evacuating the besieged people of eastern Aleppo during the time in which a wave of extreme cold has hit the region, led to the death of four people on Monday. Among the four, three were ill and died as a result of lack of medical needs in the area, whilst the other […]
Massacre in Tarmanin
War planes targeted the town of Tarmanin in rural Idlib with four air strikes, killing five people and injuring several others. One of the air strikes targeted a birthing and children’s hospital (Shafaq Hospital). Great material damage was caused to the building and a member of the paramedics team was killed. A member of the […]
August 2016: 1964 People Killed in Syria
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented the killing of 1964 people during August 2016, the majority of whom were killed by Russian and Syrian regime bombing. Russian war planes were responsible for the death of 180 people, whilst Turkish war planes killed 24 and war planes of the International Alliance killed nine people. ISIS […]
Eid al-Fitr 2016: 176 People Killed
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented the killing of 176 people during the days of Eid al-Fitr- a celebration which lasted from Wednesday until Friday evening. Among the victims, 37 were children and 16 were women. Sixty percent of the victims were from the province of Aleppo- in which 107 were killed- followed by […]
810 Killed in First Half of Ramadan
The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has documented the killing of 810 people during the first half of the current month of Ramadan, the majority of whom were killed in bombing by Russian and Syrian regime war planes. This is in addition to clashes between battalions of the armed opposition, ISIS and the Syrian regime. […]
Douma Massacre Market: the Biggest Massacre of 2015
The popular market of Douma was subjected to a number of air strikes by war planes with the use of vacuum missiles, killing approximately 100 people (until now) and leaving dozens injured. This massacre follows four days of incessant targeting of the market- the city of Douma witnessed a large massacre on 12/8/2015 when the […]
Documenting the Victims of June 2015
SHRC documented the killing of 2011 people in June 2015 across the various provinces of Syria, whose death was caused by factors ranging from explosive barrels, car explosions, and the siege enforced on Southern Damascus and the Eastern Ghouta, to clashes with the Syrian regime forces, ISIS and Kurdish militias. SHRC also documented the […]
Documenting the Victims of May 2015
SHRC documented the killing of 1766 people in May 2015 across the various provinces in Syria due to reasons ranging from bombing or clashes with regime forces to field executions, death due to the siege, inhaling chlorine gas, snipers, or even from the Turkish Gendarmerie whilst attempting to cross the border, or due to mortar […]