Casualties Report for the Year 2017 General Distribution: In The year 2017, DCHRS documented 8,959 casualties, including 2,365 children and 972 women. 87% of those killed were civilians. The remaining 12% were combatants, armed rebels, and soldiers from different…
PDF Report Throughout March 15th, 2011 to December 31, 2017, the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) documented a provisional total of 153,138 casualties. 79% of those killed were civilians accumulating to 121,172 civilian victims. The remaining 21% belonged…
Report Prepared by the Damascus Center for Human Right Studies Documentation Team Introduction and Background Throughout March 15th, 2011 to September 30, 2017, the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) documented a provisional total of 151,269 casualties. 79%…
Throughout March 15th, 2011 to September 30, 2017, the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) documented a provisional total of 151,269 casualties. 79% of those killed were civilians accumulating to 119,434 civilian victims. The remaining 21% belonged to one…
Introduction and Background The Damascus center for human rights studies, with its documentation and monitoring program, began documenting victims since the beginning of the uprising in March 15, 2011. Throughout March 15th, 2011 to May 31, 2017, the Damascus…
Throughout March 15th, 2011 to May 31, 2017, the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) documented a provisional total of 148,226 casualties. 79% of those killed were civilians accumulating to 116,680 civilian victims. The remaining 21% belonged to one…
During the period of October 1st, 2016 to December 14, 2016, the Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies (DCHRS) documented 1753 civilian victims, who were killed in Aleppo by Russian and Syrian regime forces. Among these civilians, there were 243 children and 120 women at a ratio of 14% and 9% respectively. As of December, extrajudicial killing began to take place and the number of victims that DCHRS was able to document is 82 victims.
In less than 48 hours from the first Douma massacre which occurred on September the 9th, the Syrian regime targeted Douma again with two airstrikes killing more than 60 documented victims including many wounded who are critically injured.
As the world witnesses many rapid regional and international developments, the Syrian Regime finds the opportunity to commit and perpetrate more crimes. The Syrian regime once again disregarded all the international charters and relevant agreements on protecting civilians during international conflicts.
Violence, War Crimes, and Crimes Against Humanity – the Daily Reality of Life for Syrians
As the war endures, violence and systematic human rights abuses continue to be common tactics used by the Syrian government regime’s forces. DCHRS documented in the month of September 2013 a total of 2369 victims who were killed by regime forces and their loyal militias. 60% of those killed were civilians, totaling 1375 victims; the 994 remaining victims, which makes up approximately 40% of those killed, were armed opposition forces.