A convoy of the Red Crescent, including a mobile surgery, has arrived to the town of Madaya in rural Damascus in order to inspect some of the ill and transfer them to Damascus for treatment. At the same time, several lorries of aid led by the Red Crescent have entered the areas of Kafraya and […]
Medical and Rescue Staff Targeted in Douma
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 […]
ISIS Executes a Red Crescent Volunteer
The family of the youth Usamah Ma’an al-Hamoud have been told that their son, who was detained by ISIS since 16/6/2015, has been executed by the group. Usamah, who was 31 years of age, was a volunteer with the Syrian Red Crescent. He was the leader of a medical emergency team in Ar-Raqqah, and was […]
Red Crescent Volunteer Killed under Torture
The family of the Red Crescent volunteer Salah al-Tabaa’ were given his body after he was killed under torture when he was detained by security intelligence. Al-Tabaa’ was arrested in September 2014 in Damascus. He had been an active participator in charity and relief work in Damascus and its suburbs since the beginning of the […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 07/07/2015
The death toll in Syria on Tuesday 07/07/2015 reached 55 deaths including ten children, five women and two killed under torture. In Aleppo, 22 civilians were killed; ten in explosive barrel bombing on al-Ma’adi neighbourhood, before iftaar, nine bodies were exchanged in exchange for bodies belonging to the regime forces through the medical legitimacy […]
Red Crescent Volunteer Killed
Hanan Mohammed Hasan (28 years), a volunteer at the Red Crescent, was killed today due to neck injuries she sustained after being hit by shrapnel during the arbitrary bombing which hit Daraa al-Mahata yesterday. She was buried today.
Red Crescent Warehouses Destroyed by Explosive Barrel
Helicopters targeted warehouses belonging to the Red Crescent in the area of Jisr al-Hajj in Aleppo, leading to their total destruction and the injury of one person. The warehouses of the Red Crescent have been targeted twice already this month.
Douma Medical Convoy Targeted
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 […]