At least 28,076 women have been killed since the Syrian war erupted in March 2011, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said Monday marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The report documents that 28,076 females were killed at the hands of the main parties to the conflict in the period covered by the report. Of those, 21,856 females were killed by Syrian Regime forces, 1,479 were killed by Russian forces, 959 were killed by US-led coalition, and 1,307 females were killed by factions of the armed opposition.
In addition, extremist Islamist groups killed 1,059 females – 980 of these were killed by ISIS and 79 by Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, while Syrian Democratic Forces killed 245 females. Lastly, 1,171 females were killed by other parties.
Fadel Abdul Ghany, Chairman of the Syrian Network for Human Rights, says“After suffering this terrible loss of their rights, Syrian women deserve all forms of support and advocacy from all women’s organizations and human rights bodies around the world, more especially since the world’s states have failed to fulfill their obligations to protect women in Syria and to ensure that the Syrian regime respect the Geneva Conventions to which it is a party. Syrian society cannot be stable without holding the perpetrators of crimes against Syrian women accountable and ensuring all their rights.”
Factions of the Armed Opposition have also committed numerous violations against Syrian women, some of which were committed against the backdrop of the armed conflict, which constitute a violation of the rules of international humanitarian law, and some of which took place in areas under their control, which constitute a violation of international human rights law.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
Zaman Al Wasl
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