The city of Douma was subjected to several air strikes, one of which targeted its popular market in the centre of the city whilst another targeted residential areas within the city, killing approximately 30 people. Following the air strikes, the city was bombed with rockets, artillery, and mortar rockets, causing widespread material damage. Three people […]
Four Killed in Missile Bombing on Ain Tarma
The village of Ain Tarma in rural Damascus was attacked with artillery bombing, killing four people and injuring 25 others. Approximately ten SS Missiles of great destroying capabilities were fired at the village from the scientific research and special forces area in Jamraya. Among the dead were two women and a child.
Rockets Target Popular Market in Harasta al-Qantara
The popular market in Harasta al-Qantara (rural Damascus) was bombed with artillery missiles, killing six people and injuring aapproximately 20 others according to the first count. Harasta al-Qantara lies in the al-Naashibiah area of Douma.
War Planes cause Massacre in Masraya
War planes targeted the residential districts of Masraya (rural Damascus) today with two air strikes, killing eight people and injuring 15 others. Members of the civil defence have rushed to the scene, and continue to rescue the victims and injured from underneath the rubble. Victims whose names have been identified include: 1. Ibrahim Adnan Darwish […]
Air Strikes Target Al-Marj and causes Civilian Deaths
War planes, assumed to belong to Russia, carried out at least ten air strikes on the area of Marj al-Sultan in rural Damascus, leading to the death of nine civilians and injuring dozens of others. The attack on Marj al-Sultan came at the same time as attacks on the cities of Harasta, al-Qantara, al-Nashabiah, Noula, […]
Car Explosion in al-Tal
A car explosion took place in the area of al-Saraya, which lies in the centre of al-Tal, a city in rural Damascus. The explosion killed two people and left dozens injured. One of the victims was identified as Saleem al-Khattab, from among the displaced families of Homs that sought refuge in the city. Al-Tal has […]
Cities of Rural Damascus targeted with Explosive Barrels and Cluster Bombs
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. […]
Market Massacre at Ain Tarma
Warplanes targeted the popular market in the village of Ain Tarma in rural Damascus today, killing 15 people and leaving 40 others injured, most of whom were transported to the medical point in the district of Jobar. The targeting of popular markets is part of a systematic policy of targeting markets in non-regime controlled cities, […]
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 […]
August 2015: 63 Massacres
SHRC documented 63 massacres in the month of August 2015, 58 of which were perpetrated by the Syrian regime, four of which were committed by ISIS, and one in which a bomb, thought to have been launched by an armed opposition group, fell on Damascus and caused a massacre. The targeting of markets has been […]
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