Gunmen from an armed faction in western rural Aleppo abducted the Syrian interim government’s head of education, Mohamed Al-Mustafa. They abducted him from his office in Al-Tawama village in the city of Atarib in western rural Aleppo. The abduction occurred a few hours prior to an announcement in Idlib of a government loyal to the […]
Car Explosion Massacre in I’zaz
At exactly 8.45am on the 3rd May 2017, an unknown car laden with explosives was detonated in front of the local council building in the centre of I’zaz city- controlled by the Syrian Free Army- in northern rural Aleppo, causing a massacre as a result. The explosion killed five people, amongst them an officer of […]
Massacre as Child Suicide Bomber Detonates in Inkhil
A child suicide bomber detonated his bombs in the police station of Inkhil (rural Daraa) in the presence of the chairman of the Free Daraa council and a number of other councillors of the interim government, as well as several military and religious leaders. Thirteen people were killed and approximately 30 others injured. Among the […]
Aleppo School Targeted by Shelling
Ten civilians- including three children and three children- were killed, and dozens left injured, when the Sa’ad al-Ansari school in al-Mashad district, Aleppo, was targeted by missiles during the school day. The al-Ansari school bombing came as part of a wider campaign targeting most of the city of Aleppo, and which also caused the death […]