Opposition forces began their attacks on the borders of the city of Kasab on 18/3/2014, naming it as the “Battle of Anfal”. By 21/3/2014, opposition forces had begun to take control of strategic positions in the city. On 22/3/2014, the Turkish airforce dropped a Syrian plane which had penetrated Turkish airspace as it attempted bombing […]
Al-Otaiba: A Massacre or Military Ambush?!
On 26/2/2014, the Al-Manaar Channel, run by the Lebanese Hizbollah group, broadcasted a video clip which it explained as a group of armed men travelling in the area of Barakat al-Otaiba in rural Damascus. The video, in an unclear manner, shows a large group moving by foot, just as a large explosion targets them. The […]
Daily Reports on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 24/02/2014
The death toll on Monday 24/02/2014 reached 102 deaths, including five women and 15 children. In Damascus and its suburbs 24 people were killed, amongst them 14 civilians that died after warplanes launched several raids on residential neighbourhoods in the town of al-Nashabia (Rural Damascus). In Homs 15 people died including seven killed by bombing […]
PKK commits a Horrific Massacre in Rural Al-Hasaka
Activists have confirmed that PKK elements as well as elements of the “Protectors of the Kurdish People” committed a horrific massacre in the village of Tal Baraak and its surroundings in the Al-Hasaka countryside. The massacre was committed over three days, resulting in the death of 25 civilians including two women and three children. The […]
Daily Reports on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 17/02/2014
The death toll on Monday 17/02/2014 reached 76 deaths, including seven women and five children. Damascus and its suburbs witnessed the killing of 34 people, three of whom were killed in Daraya as a result of the fall of a land rocket. Among the dead were four people from Daraa killed in the massacre in […]
The Hama Massacre marks its Thirty-Second Anniversary
Today marks the thirty-second anniversary of the Hama Massacre, which began on 2/2/1982 and lasted for 27 days, and in which approximately 30,000 were killed in addition to 15,000 that disappeared and have not been found since. Approximately 100,000 residents left the city after a third of the districts were completely destroyed, and other districts […]
THREE CITIZEN-JOURNALISTS AMONG HOSTAGES EXECUTED BY ISIS
Reporters Without Borders has learned that at least three citizen-journalists were among the approximately 50 detainees that the group called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) massacred on 6 January before withdrawing from the Qadi Asqar district of Aleppo. The three known citizen-journalists killed in the massacre were Maher Hasroumi, Amin Abu Ahmad […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 13/12/2013
Fifty-six civilians were killed in Syria on Friday 13/12/2013, among them ten women and six children. A third of those killed were in Damascus and its suburbs, in which regime forces committed a massacre that killed 12 civilians including 5 from al-Quseir (Homs), in addition to six that were killed in Douma. In Daraa, nine […]
Daily Report of Human Rights Violations in Syria: 31/10/2013
Ninety-eight civilians were killed in Syria on Thursday 31/10/2013, among them nine women and seven children. More than half of those killed hailed from Damascus and its suburbs, which witnessed the death of 52 civilians, among them 20 who were killed in al-Hajar al-Aswad due to shelling, as well as another five who were killed […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 14/10/2013
One hundred and twenty-seven civilians were killed in Syria on 14/10/2013, among them ten women and fifteen children. The largest number killed was in the city of Idlib, which witnessed a massacre against the families of Darkoush (rural Idlib) in which 40 were killed due to the explosion of a car in the village market. […]