The death toll in Syria on Wednesday 09/08/2017 reached 28 deaths including four children, three women, and two killed under torture. In rural Damascus, 11 civilians were killed; five in shelling on Kafr Batna, four in clashes between factions, and two in clashes with government forces. Furthermore, seven died in Ar-Raqqah; five refugees from […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 28/08/2015
The death toll in Syria on Friday 28/08/2015 reached 42 deaths including four children, three women and two killed under torture. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs, 11 civilians were killed in mortar shelling and airstrikes on the towns of eastern Ghouta. Among the victims were two women and a child. Aleppo witnessed […]
Turkish Military Operations Impose Air Embargo on Aleppo
The military operations which the Turkish army began against ISIS and the PKK in Syria on 24/7/2015, have led to a halt in the dropping of explosive barrels on Aleppo. The province has not witnessed any airstrikes since the beginning of the Turkish operations and until today. The stopping of the barrels falling on Aleppo […]
Daily Reports on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 24/03/2015
The death toll in Syria on Tuesday 24/03/2015 reached 58 deaths including 13 children, eight women and three killed under torture. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs seven were killed; five in shelling on Douma, al-Marj and Shab’a, among them were two women and two children, a child died as a result of the […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 18/12/2014
The total death toll in Syria on Thursday 18/12/2014 reached 23 deaths including four children, two women and two killed under torture. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs seven were killed; one was stabbed with knives at the hands of unknown assailants, one died in shelling, two in clashes with government forces and one […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 09/11/2014
The total death toll in Syria on Sunday 09/11/2014 reached 97 deaths including 16 children, three women, six killed under torture and ten at the hands of the alliance. In the capital Damascus and its suburbs six civilians were killed; two in shelling, two in clashes and two under torture in government prisons. A staggering […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 20/07/2014
The death toll in Syria on Sunday 20/07/2014 reached 79 deaths including seven children, eight women and one killed under torture. Fifty two civilians were killed by various missiles including explosive barrels and rockets; among them 17 from Hama, 16 from Aleppo, 12 from Damascus, four from Idlib, two from Daraa and one from Homs. […]
HRW documents Abuses in Areas under Kurdish Control
Human Rights Watch has issued a report detailing human rights violations committed in the areas controlled by the Democratic Union Party (PYD)- an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey. The report documents the arbitrary arrests of those who oppose the PKK and violations committed whilst they were detained, as well as cases […]
PKK Continues its Attacks on Arab Villages in Al-Hasaka
After its control on the village of Tal Baraak on 22/2/2014, the PKK forces launched another attack, this time on the villages of Tal Baraak: Tal al-Furs, Smeehan, ‘Akr and Dafy. This attack was launched in parallel to the tens of air and rocket attacks launched by the Syrian regime forces on Tal Hmeis, Tal […]
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 […]