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586,100 Persons Killed, 2 Millions Injured, 12 Millions Displaced in 9 Years of the Syrian War

March 16, 2020 

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Turkish-backed militias shell Kurdish areas in Syria, file, March 16, 2020 sohr

 

Tense calm prevails in the “de-escalation zone” as new ceasefire enters its 11th day

SOHR, 16/03/2020

Tens calm is prevailing throughout the area of “Putin-Erdogan” as as the new ceasefire in the “de-escalation zone” enters its tenth consecutive day. Meanwhile, Russia and Syrian regime have been suspending aerial operations.

Separately, SOHR activists reported hearing gunfire on Idlib-Ariha highway yesterday evening, but reasons behind this gunfire have yet to be known.

Yesterday, SOHR sources said that regime forces carried out artillery shelling targeting Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiya, south of Idlib, and Al-Sermaniyah frontlines in northwestern countryside of Hama.

SOHR sources reported earlier this morning that the Russian and Turkish forces failed to run their first joint patrol on Aleppo-Latakia international highway (M4). The patrol started from Saraqeb town, east of Idlib, and reached Al-Nayrab town, then, returned and aborted the mission. The patrol was planned to tour other areas on the M4.

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Syrian Revolution NINE years on: 586,100 persons killed and millions of Syrians displaced and injured

SOHR, 15/03/2020

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the death of 384,000 persons across Syria since the start of the Syrian Revolution on the 15th of March 2011 to the 14st of March 2020.

A breakdown of the overall death toll is as follows:

● Civilians: 116,086 Syrians, including 22,075 children under the age of eighteen and 13,704 women over the age of eighteen

● Syrian fighters of rebel and Islamic factions and other various factions, movements, and organizations: 54,281

● Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) and Kurdish units: 12,694

● Syrian army defectors: 2,625.

● Bashar al-Assad’s regime forces: 67,388; fighters of NDF and Syrian regime loyalists: 52,060; fighters of the Lebanese Hezbollah: 1,697; and gunmen of non-Syrian nationalities loyal to the regime forces of the Shiite community: 8,331, of whom, 264 were Russian soldiers and mercenaries

● Turkish soldiers: 191.

● Jihadis of Hayyat Tahrir Al-Sham (former Nusra Front), and other various jihadi organizations: 27,581

● ISIS members: 39,718

● Non-Syrian fighters of SDF: 930.

● The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been unable to document the number of deaths of the International Coalition, due to the extreme secrecy shrouding their missions and operations.

● Unidentified people whose death have been documented by pictures and videos: 421; in addition to 3,691 persons whose names were documented by SOHR in 2017.

These statistics, documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, do not include the nearly 88,000 civilians killed under torture in the detention centers and prisons of Bashar al-Assad’s regime (SOHR obtained information about their death during the period of their detention.) The statistics also do not include the fate of more than 3,200 abducted civilians and fighters in the prisons the “Islamic State” organization, or the fate of more than 4,100 prisoners and missing members of the regime forces and loyalist militiamen, and more than 1,800 persons kidnapped by rebel and Islamic factions, “Islamic State” organization and Fateh al-Sham Front (former Jabhat Al-Nusra) on charges of loyalty to the regime.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that the real and actual number of people who were killed to be in the region of 105,000 persons, well above the numbers that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been able to document, simply due to the extreme secrecy surrounding the number of casualties by the warring parties; Furthermore, the Observatory has been unable to document many civilians deaths due to the difficulty of reaching some remote areas in Syria.

Additionally, the ongoing military operations, shelling, bombardment and various explosions have injured more than 2,000,000 Syrian civilians with varying injuries, wounds and permanent disabilities.

About 12,000,000 other civilians, including hundreds of thousands of children and women have been displaced. Infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and private and public property have been substantially damaged or destroyed.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also meticulously documented, in spreadsheets, the death toll according to the ‘perpetrator’ category. A breakdown of total number of civilian deaths of 116,086 by the ‘perpetrator’ category is as follows:

● Civilians killed by Al-Assad regime forces and Syrian and non-Syrian loyalist militiamen: 45,382 civilians, of whom 27,980 were men, 10,902 children under the age of eighteen and 6,500 females over the age of eighteen.

● Bashar al-Assad’s regime warplanes and helicopter: 26,407 civilians, of whom 16,653 were men, 5,965 children under the age of eighteen and 3,789 females over the age of eighteen.

● Death toll in regime detention centers and prisons: 16,163 civilians of whom 15,974 were young and old men, 125 children under the age of eighteen, and 64 females over the age of eighteen.

Death toll by foreign powers, intervening in Syria under the pretext of helping the Syrian people to achieve justice and to get rid of oppression, is as follows:

● Russian missiles and airstrikes: 8,627 civilians, of who 5,221 were old and young men, 2,086 children under the age of eighteen and 1,320 females over the age of eighteen.

● International Coalition bombardment: 3,835 civilians, of whom 2,152 were men, 972 children under the age of eighteen and 711 females over the age of eighteen.

● Attacks by Turkish forces and warplanes: 995 civilians, of whom 676 are old and young men, 194 children under the age of eighteen and 125 females over the age of eighteen.

● Turkish Jandarma (Border Guard Forces): 447 civilian, of whom 325 were young and old men, 80 children under the age of eighteen and 42 females over the age of eighteen.

● Israel’s ground and air attacks: eight civilians, of whom three were men, three children and two women.

Death toll caused by various ‘anti-regime’ formations and groups such as ISIS, opposition factions, Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), and other groups in Syria:

● Opposition factions: 8,018 civilians, of whom 6,042 were men, 1,225 children under the age of eighteen and 751 females over the age of eighteen.

● ISIS: 6,204 civilians, of whom 5,281 were men, 523 children under the age of eighteen and 400 females over the age of eighteen.

Infographic shows total death toll since the beginning of the Syrian Revolution:

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Turkish-backed factions shell Maranaz village in Kurdish-controlled areas north of Aleppo

SOHR, 15/03/2020

Aleppo Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:

SOHR sources have reported that artillery shelling renewed on areas held by Kurdish forces, north of Aleppo. Turkish-backed factions targeted the village of Maranaz of Shara area in countryside of Afrin, amid overflights of reconnaissance aircraft over the area. No casualties have been reported.

The Syrian Observatory monitored this evening artillery shelling by Turkish forces and proxy factions targeting Hoshan village, west of Ain Issa in areas held by Kurdish forces, north of Aleppo. Regime forces positions were also targeted with several shells. No casualties were reported to date.

On March 10, Turkish forces and proxy factions targeted Sheikh Issa village with SPG9 rocket-propelled grenades in Tal Rifaat in areas held by Kurdish forces, north of Aleppo. No casualties were reported.

On March 9, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored artillery shelling by Turkish forces and proxy factions targeting the villages of Harbal and Samouqa in areas held by Kurdish forces, north of Aleppo. No casualties were reported.

On March 6, Kurdish forces shelled residential neighborhoods in Turkish-backed-controlled city of Afrin, injuring three people.

Meanwhile, Turkish forces and proxy factions renewed their shelling Kurdish-controlled areas, north of Aleppo, targeting Arshadiya, Kafr Anton, Tat Marash, Ain Daqna and Sheikh Issa. No casualties were reported.

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