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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 […]

Air Strikes and Rocket Fire End Truce in Eastern Ghouta

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The city of Douma in rural Damascus, was subjected to bombing with cluster bombs and SS missiles, killing at least 12 people, including two children and a physician, and injuring approximately 50 others. The rocket fire targeted residential areas in the city; a rocket also fell on a mosque and an ambulance was targeted. War […]

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. […]

Al Jazeera Eastern Ghouta Correspondent Threatened

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Al Jazeera Channel has announced that at the end of September the “Jaysh al-Islam” (Army of Islam) group kidnapped the father of their correspondent in the Eastern Ghouta, Samarah Qutili. They did this in order to blackmail and harass Qutili, eventually forcing her to change her place of residence. The channel also announced that it […]

Douma Medical Convoy Targeted

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Forces of the Syrian army have targeted a medical convoy in the city of Douma with mortar rockets, leading to the death of a Paramedic and causing material damage to the convoy. The medical convoy- belonging to the World Health Organisation and the Syrian Red Crescent – entered into Douma following long negotiations between brigades […]

Series of Massacres in Eastern Ghouta leave more than 50 victims

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Army warplanes and helicopters committed a series of massacres in the Eastern Ghouta today, in which over 50 people have been killed till this hour. In the city of Kafrbatna in the Eastern Ghouta, the popular market was subjected to shelling by rockets, killing 26 people (till now) and injuring over 100 others. Warplanes also […]

Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 1/09/2014

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The death toll in Syria on Monday 1/09/2014 reached 62 deaths including four children, six women and one killed under torture. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs 16 civilians were killed; including nine that were killed as a result of shelling, six in clashes with government forces and a woman that died due to […]