The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 3,364 civilians were documented killed in 2019 at the hands of the perpetrator parties to the conflict in Syria, including 234 in December.
According to SNHR, the Syrian regime and allied militias had killed 1,497 civilians, including 371 children and 224 women.
, 452 civilians, including 112 children and 71 women, were killed by the Russian forces.
, 94 civilians, including 11 children and seven women, killed by ISIS (Dash).
49 more were killed by the extremist Islamist groups, of whom Hay’at Tahrir al Sham killed 45 civilians, including six children and two women, while four civilians were killed at the hands of Turkistan Islamic Party.
The Syrian Network has also documented the deaths of 21 civilians, including eight children and one woman, by the Armed Opposition.
164 civilians, including 50 children and 15 women, were killed by the YPG-led Syrian Democratic Forces.
68 civilians, including 20 children and 17 women, were killed by the US-led coalition.
The report also documents 1,019 civilians, including 264 children and 149 women, killed at the hands of other parties in 2019.
As the report states, the SNHR’s documentation team documented the deaths of 234 civilians in December 2019, including 65 children and 44 women (adult female), with 113 civilians, including 28 children and 20 women, killed at the hands of Syrian Regime forces, while 62 civilians, including 18 children and 13 women, were killed at the hands of Russian forces, and two civilians were killed at the hands of ISIS. The report also documents the deaths of seven civilians, including one child and one woman, were killed at the hands of Hay’at Tahrir al Sham in December 2019, while two civilians, including one child, were killed at the hands of factions of the Armed Opposition.
The report also documents in December the deaths of six civilians, including two children and two women by the SDF, while 42 civilians, including 15 children and eight women, were killed at the hands of other parties.
The report records that among the victims killed in 2019 were 26 medical personnel, 14 of whom were killed at the hands of Regime forces, while six others were killed by Russian forces, with one medical worker killed by Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, another killed by the US-led coalition, and four more killed by other parties.
The report adds that 13 media workers were also documented killed in 2019, six at the hands of Syrian Regime forces, two at the hands of Russian forces, one at the hands of Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, and four at the hands of other parties.
The report further reveals that 17 Civil Defense personnel were also documented killed in 2019, three at the hands of Syrian Regime forces, nine at the hands of Russian forces, one at the hands of the Turkistan Islamic Party, and four at the hands of other parties, noting that December saw the deaths of three Civil Defense personnel at the hands of other parties.
According to the report, the SNHR’s working team documented the deaths of at least 305 persons due to torture in 2019, 275 of whom were killed at the hands of Syrian Regime forces, four at the hands of Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, four at the hands of factions of the Armed Opposition, 13 at the hands of Syrian Democratic Forces, and nine at the hands of other parties. According to the report, 17 persons were documented killed under torture in December, all at the hands of Syrian Regime forces.
The report also documents 109 massacres in 2019, with 43 of these committed by Syrian Regime forces, 22 by Russian forces, six by Syrian Democratic Forces, three by US-led coalition, and 35 by other parties, with the term ‘massacre’ being used to refer to an attack that caused the death of at least five peaceful individuals in the same incident. The report adds that 14 massacres were documented in December, six of which were committed by Syrian Regime forces, four by Russian forces, and four by other parties.
Zaman Al Wasl
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