Family suffocated due to primitive heating in a tent The Syria Response Coordinators team documented recently nine deaths in displacement camps as a result of cold, as well as suffocation and burns due to primitive heating. A doctor in Afrin city published the death story of a child yesterday on her way to hospital due […]
Gas Attack on al-Taminah
Helicopters targeted the city of al-Taminah in rural Hama with explosive barrels containing chlorine, killing two people, and leaving approximately 50 people suffering from cases of suffocation. One of the victims was identified as the surgeon Ali al-Darwish, who works in al-Taminah Hospital.
War Planes Continue Targeting Besieged Aleppo Districts
Syrian regime and Russian war planes continue to target the eastern besieged districts of Aleppo, killing 16 people today. Helicopters targeted al-Kalasah and Bustan al-Qasr with explosive gases containing poisonous gases, causing several cases of suffocation. The Awqaf Directory of Free Aleppo, the directorate responsible for religious matters in the areas which fall under regime […]
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 20/11/2016
The death toll in Syria on Sunday 20/11/2016 reached 73 deaths including 19 children and six women. A staggering 48 civilians were killed in Aleppo; 26 in shelling on al-Shi’ar, Karam al-Jabal, Ard al-Hamra, the towns of Nasih and Hayaan (rural Aleppo), and Saraqib (Idlib), six suffocated from toxic chlorine gas in Hanano neighbourhood, […]
Helicopters Drop Poison Laden Barrels
Helicopters targeted the al-Sakhour district of Aleppo with explosive barrel bombs containing poisonous gases, killing six people of the same family, four of whom were children. Helicopters also targeted the district of Tareeq al-Bab with poisonous barrel bombs at approximately 5pm in the evening, although no injuries were recorded. Yesterday, helicopters targeted Masakin Hanano, Ard […]
Poisonous Gases Target Jobar
Regime forces targeted the Southern Mutahalaq area of the Jobar district of Damascus with shells containing poisonous gases, killing four people and injuring six others, including a member of medical staff. Symptoms of suffocation, vomiting, and increased saliva have appeared on those who are injured. Victims identified include: Ayman As-Saman
Daily Report on Violations of Human Rights in Syria: 03/04/2016
The death toll in Syria on Sunday 03/04/2016 reached 45 deaths including six children, and one killed under torture. Aleppo witnessed the killings of 13 civilians, ten in shelling on the town of al-‘Is, Warida and Um Adsa, and three in clashes with government forces. In Idlib, 12 civilians were killed, eight in shelling […]
Sandstorm Causes Suffocation in al-Za’tari
An intense sandstorm swept across the Za’tari refugee camp in Jordan on Sunday 25/10/2015, leading to several cases of suffocation amongst children and the elderly who were transported to the hospitals in the camp. The Za’tari camp was opened on 29/7/2012, and by 24/4/2013, its residents had reached 202,000 refugees. However, the number of refugees […]
Jobar District Subjected to Poisonous Attacks
The Jobar district of Damascus was bombed with poisonous gases on Thursday evening, leading to many cases of suffocation amongst both fighters and civilians in the district, which falls under the control of armed opposition battalions. The Arbeen Surgical Hospital reviewed four cases of suffocation, one whom died immediately upon being given first aid, whilst […]
Five Syrian Children Suffocated in Turkey
Five Syrian children died in their home located in the town of ‘Korkuteli’ in the city of Antalya southern Turkey, from suffocation by the carbon monoxide released from a coal heater. The children took the allocated box to heat the coal into their room to warm it up, leading the smoke of the burning coal […]