Mass grave of charred bodies The death toll from the terrorist bombing in Afrin, Aleppo province, has risen to 42, and the number is still expected to increase. Medical sources stated that 23 bodies were charred and were not identified, while 19 victims were identified. The victims included seven children, while some of the injured […]
Warplanes Target Ambulances in Eastern Ghouta
The Damaged Ambulance On Thursday after midnight (8-3-2018), warplanes believed to be Russian targeted a civil defence ambulance in The Eastern Ghouta, killing three paramedics on board and causing substantial damages to the ambulance. Thursday after midnight also witnessed the killing of Mohamad al-Asas, a civil defence volunteer,in centre (215) by a warplanes raid, believed […]
Armed Attack Kills Seven Civil Defence Officers
An unknown armed group carried out an attack on the civil defence centre of Sarmin city (rural Idlib) at Saturday dawn, killing seven officers that were inside the centre, in addition to stealing two vans, the white helmets that the civil defence is known for, and other possessions of the centre. The attackers used silencers, […]
Mass Grave Discovered in Akhtareen
The Civil Defence have announced their discovery of a mass grave in the town of Akhtareen (rural Aleppo) on Sunday. According to the results of the first inspection, the grave contains five bodies whose arms and legs are shackled, and whose features cannot be recognised. The bodies seem to have been buried for two years […]
Injuries Among the Ranks of the Civil Defence
Air and land bombing on the cities and towns of rural Damascus has led to the injury of eight civil defence officers today. The civil defence team of Centre 101 was subjected to artillery bombing whilst transporting the injured in Arbeen, rural Damascus, causing injury to two volunteers and light damage to an ambulance. Five […]
Targeting of the Medical and Relief Sector in November 2016
During November 2016, the Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) documented the targeting of 14 hospitals and medical points, 10 of which were in Aleppo, two in Idlib, one in Hama and one in Homs, in addition to a pharmacy which was targeted in Aleppo. SHRC also documented the continuation in the targeting of relief and […]
The Targeting of the Civil Defence
Syrian regime forces and Russian war planes continue to target centres and machinery of the Civil Defence in areas which do not fall under the control of the regime. On Sunday, Russian war planes targeted the Civil Defence Centre of Urum al-Kubra in western rural Aleppo, causing great material damage to the centre and rendering […]
Russian War Planes Destroy Civil Defence Centre
War planes believed to be Russian targeted a Civil Defence Centre in the town of Khan al-Sheikh in the Western Ghouta (rural Damascus) at 1am on Monday, causing great material damage to a civil defence centre and rendering it out of service. Three officers were also injured as a result.