More than Half of the Victims were Killed by Indiscriminate Shelling
Casualties Report for August 2015
In August 2015 DCHRS documented 1,779 casualties, including 164 children and 163 women. 73% of those killed were civilians. The remaining 27% belonged to one of the fighting factions. Women and children respectively made up 9% and 9% of the total number of war casualties.