Syria Watch

SNHR Casualties Report: Thursday, 25 April 2013

Syrian network for human rights documented 109 victims, Thursday  25/4/2013 all across Syria, including 12 children, 4 ladies, 12 tortured to death, 38 armed rebels

Damascus and countryside : 42 victims
Aleppo : 12 victims
Homs : 19 victims
Idlib : 14 victims
Daraa : 6 victims
Hama : 9 victims
Dier Alzoor : 3 victim
Raqqa : 4 victims
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Damascus and countryside: 42 victims; 1 child  
1-Mohamad Alia – sniper bullet in Dier Kanon
2- Omar Hason – executed by Alassad troops in Sidnaya prison
3- Nowr Aldin Shalhom– executed by Alassad troops in Sidnaya prison
4- Nazir Fath Allah– executed by Alassad troops in Sidnaya prison , his body buried month ago without giving it to his family
5- Bilal Sawan – bullet in Ain Tarma
6- Badr Alrahil – armed rebel – shelling on Doma
7- Kamal Abo Aisha – shelling on Doma
8- Noman Almbaid – armed rebel – shelling on Doma
9- Abdulrahman Tabaji – armed rebel – shelling on Doma
10- Khalil Ajwa – armed rebel – clashes
11- Haitham Abo Mohamad – sniper bullet in Daria
12- Yahia Sarhan – armed rebel – clashes
13- Abdulmajed Habra – armed rebel – clashes
14- Haitham Nooh – shelling on industrial area in Yabroud
15- Khaled Orabi – shelling on industrial area in Yabroud
16 – Younes Halak – armed rebel – clashes
17- Jamal Jakoub – sniper bullet in Yarmouk refugee camp
18- Rashid Etab – armed rebel – clashes
19- Alaa Diab – armed rebel – clashes
20- Ayman Aibor – armed rebel – clashes
21- Hamza Barnawi – armed rebel – clashes
22- Salah Ghanom – armed rebel – clashes
23- Basel Fahd – shelling on Jaramana
24- Haitham Hamadi – shelling on Jaramana
25- Faisal Obaid – shelling on Jaramana
26- Ayman Qabani – shelling on Jaramana
27- Hani Othman – shelling on Jaramana
28- Iyad Orfali – 32 years old – tortured to death in a security branch in Harasta
29- Hasan Dieb – 19 years old – tortured to death in a security branch in Harasta
30- Adnan Khashana – 29 years old – tortured to death in a security branch in Harasta
31- Amar Almdallal – tortured to death in a security branch in Harasta
32- Abdullah Kosa – tortured to death in a security branch in Harasta
33- Fadi Sidnawi – shelling on Harasta
34 – Badr Ali Alrahim – affected of his wounds cause of shelling on Harasta 2 days ago
35- Basem ( unknown surname ) defect solider – shelling on Harasta
36- Alaa Raihan – armed rebel – clashes
37- Tarek Rida – armed rebel – clashes
38- Child Khaled Sarhan – shelling on Obada
39 – 42 Four unknown victims – shelling on Husainia refugee camp
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Homs: 19 victims; 1 lady, 1 child
1-Ammar Zaition – warplane shelling on Kusair
2- Zakaria Ismael – armed rebel – warplane shelling on Kusair
3- Yosef Mghizel – warplane shelling on Kusair
4- Samer Mkheber – warplane shelling on Kusair
5- Amjad Swaid – warplane shelling on Kusair
6- Mohamad Almasri – warplane shelling on Kusair
7- Faisal Stif – armed rebel – warplane shelling on Kusair
8- Mohamad Harba – warplane shelling on Kusair
9- Obaida Mghizl – armed rebel – warplane shelling on Kusair
11- Mostafa Aljazar – sniper bullet
12- Ms. Ghazalh Ibrahim – shelling on Nahria village by Hizbullah
13-Girl child Malak Ibrahim – daughter of Ms. Ghazalh Ibrahim – shelling on Nahria village by Hizbullah , she killed after her mother in one hour
14- Ali Mobarak – armed rebel – clashes
15- Ali Sharida – shelling on Kom village
16- Mohamad Idris – armed rebel – clashes
17- Wael Ibrahim – armed rebel – clashes
18- Ali Mobarak – armed rebel – clashes
19- Mahmod Alkasem – armed rebel – clashes
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Idlib: 14 victims; including 2 ladies, 5 children
1-Yahia Kanaan – 55 years old – father of five children
2- Amaar Idlbi – defect soldier – clashes
3- Girl Child Zahra ALtanari –MIG shelling on Marat Alnoman
4- Child  Mohamad Bilal Alarbo –MIG shelling on Marat Alnoman
5- Child Ali Bilal Alarbo –MIG shelling on Marat Alnoman
6- Maher Abdulrazak – armed rebel – clashes
7- Wife of Abdulbaset Sarjawi – shelling on Maroshine
8- Unknown child – shelling on Maroshine
9-  Unknown lady – shelling on Maroshine
10-  child Omran Alreem – killed with his father yesterday in Khan Shaikhon
11 – Jamal Ali – shelling on Benesh
12- Girl child Shahd Satof – shelling on Saraqeb
13- Khaled Sarmani – mine explosion in Khan Shaikhon
14 – Motaz Sarmani – mine explosion in Khan Shaikhon
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Hama: 9 victims; 2 children
1-Girl child Hanin Kasem- 13 years old – shell on her house in Damascus
2- Anas Farzat – armed rebel – clashes
3- Mahmod Alabsi – armed rebel – clashes
4- Ahmad Dahabia – 22 years old – aid – doing his duty
5- Rakan Dahabia – 22 years old – aid – doing his duty
6- Unknown name – armed rebel – clashes
7- Child Shahod Aljisi – 5 years old – shelling on Kafar Naboda
8- Alaa Alabdullah – defect solider – clashes
9- Talal Alkasem – sniper bullet
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Aleppo: 12 victims; 2 children
1-Tarek Arnab – armed rebel – clashes
2- Child Fadi Marati – 15 years old – clashes
3- Mansor Oso – armed rebel – clashes
4- Ayman Kasem – shelling on Dier Jamal
5- Girl child Hanin Abdulsalalm – shelling on Basto
6- Ibrahim Akshot – armed rebel – clashes
7- Kasem Abod – armed rebel – clashes
8- Omar Alshami – armed rebel – clashes
9- Mahmod Madarati – armed rebel – clashes
10- Ahmad Homed – armed rebel – clashes
11- Ayman Kasem – shelling on Mayr
12- Ahmad Kador – armed rebel – clashes
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Raqqa: 4 victims;
1-Mohamad Jisi – surface to surface missile
2- Ali Kalo – surface to surface missile
3- Ali Kalab – surface to surface missile
4- Unknown victim – surface to surface missile
Video for the victims
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Dier Alzoor: 3 victims;
1-Badea Rabeaa – defect soldier – clashes
2- Ahmad Khlif – armed rebel – clashes 7 days ago
3- Amer Alrakad – armed rebel – clashes
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Daraa: 6 victims; 1 lady, 2 tortured to death
1-Ayham Zain Alabdin – executed in a prison
2-Mohamad Alabod – armed rebel – tortured to death after he was arrested
for 7 months in Air security branch
3-Naem ALrifai – tortured to death
4- Ayman Alrifai – armed rebel – ambush
5- Ms. Swzan Aba Zaid – shelling on ALsad
6- Khaldon Alzobi –defect soldier – clashes

 

Syrian Revolution Digest: 24 April 2013

Obama’s Great Failure!

A policy of doing the right thing only when it is cheap and easy is prescription for disaster, and disaster is exactly what we have now in Syria, as a result of this policy. But, let’s be clear here: No facet of intervention in Syria will be easy, or cheap, but intervention is still a moral and a strategic must. Millions of lives are at stake, so is the fate of an entire region with all her peoples. Lebanon Iraq and Jordan are already beginning to feel the spillover effects of the conflict in Syria. The fact that WMDs have begun to be used, even if on a limited scale at this stage, is not a good omen at all. And the longer we wait the worst the situation will get. But in order for the U.S. to do the right thing here, we need a courageous president in the White House, one that is willing to face the truth, then relay it honestly to the American people, even if they are reluctant to hear it. No matter how wary and weary the American people are at this stage, there are certain things that their government still needs to do in order to maintain the global order and keep them and all of us safe. Regrettably, President Obama seems incapable of rising to the challenge. 

 

News

Free Syrian Army general: ‘Clear proof chemical weapons used’ “We took some samples of the soil and of blood. The injured people were observed by doctors and the samples were tested and it was very clear that the regime used chemical weapons,” General Salim Idriss told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. Idriss said his doctors gave the samples to “observers” of the civil war in Syria, but refused to name which groups. Both Britain and France now say soil samples indicate “some use of chemical weapons.”

Hagel skeptical of Syria chemical weapons claims Any U.S. response to Syria will be based on American intelligence findings, Hagel said in his first public remarks since an Israeli official alleged Monday that the Syria government had used chemical weapons. “Suspicions are one thing,” Hagel told reporters traveling with him. “Evidence is another.”

Syria crisis: UN to study soil samples for proof of sarin gas United Nations investigators will examine soil samples collected by western intelligence agencies and enter Syrian refugee camps in an effort to assess claims that the Assad regime has used sarin gas against its opponents. Proof of sarin use would increase pressure on the Obama administration which, after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is deeply reluctant to intervene in what could be another protracted and unwinnable conflict.

Syria: We wouldn’t use chemical arms against Israel “Even if Syria does have chemical weapons, our leadership and our military will not use them either against Syrians or against Israelis, above all for moral reasons and secondarily on legal and political grounds,” Omran al-Zoabi was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying at a Moscow university. He said Syria would not resort to chemical weapons even if it had to go to war with Israel and use “all resources”.

Syrian army seizes strategic town near capital Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad seized a strategic town east of Damascus on Wednesday, breaking a critical weapons supply route for the rebels, activists and fighters said. Rebels have held several suburbs ringing the southern and eastern parts Damascus for months, but they have been struggling to maintain their positions against a ground offensive backed by fierce army shelling and air strikes in recent weeks. “The disaster has struck, the army entered Otaiba. The regime has managed to turn off the weapons tap,” a fighter from the town told Reuters via Skype. “The price of a bullet will go from 50 Syrian pounds to 1,000 Syrian pounds ($10) now, but we must pay and retake it. It’s the main if not the only route.”

Syria crisis: ‘Heavy clashes’ at Aleppo Minnigh airbase Rebels took hold of a key military position outside the Minnigh airport on Tuesday and launched a raid the following day, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. “The rebels, who have laid siege to the airport for months now, entered it for the first time around dawn,” Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the UK-based activist group, told AFP news agency. Heavy fighting was taking place in the grounds, he added.

Minaret of famed 12th century Sunni mosque in Syrian city of Aleppo destroyed Standing inside the mosque’s courtyard, a man who appears to be a rebel fighter says regime forces recently fired seven shells at the minaret but failed to knock it down. He said that on Wednesday the tank rounds struck their target. “We were standing here today and suddenly shells started hitting the minaret,” the man says. “They (the army) then tried to storm the mosque but we pushed them back.” The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting of the events depicted.

Pope Francis calls for two Syria bishops to be freed Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for two Orthodox bishops kidnapped in Syria to be freed and for the bloodshed to end, speaking during his general audience on St Peter’s Square. The pope told around 100,000 people present on the square that there were “contradictory reports” about the fate of the two bishops and asked that “they be returned quickly to their communities”.

Syria accuses U.N. envoy Brahimi of interfering Brahimi told a closed-door session of the United Nations Security Council last Friday that Damascus was “surprised and embarrassed” by a January offer of talks from opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib, and its response was “slow and confused”. At the conclusion of his remarks, which were later circulated by U.N. diplomats, Brahimi suggested Assad “voluntarily forego” the right to stand for another term as president in an election scheduled for next year. Syria’s foreign ministry said in a statement that if Brahimi wished to continue his role, he must show impartiality and realize that “the Syrian people are the only decision-makers who will choose their representatives”. “The briefing … was marked by interference in the Syrian Arab Republic’s internal affairs and a lack of neutrality which should characterize his mission,” the ministry in a statement.

 

Investigative Reports

Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria Tiny, U.S.-allied Qatar has emerged as one of the strongest international backers of the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad. Many in the Syrian opposition laud Qatar, saying it has stepped in while the international community has failed to intervene or send military aid that would help tip the balance in favor of the rebels, three years into the uprising-turned civil war that has ravaged the country and killed more than 70,000 people. But its role has also caused tensions within the ranks of the highly fragmented rebellion and political opposition. Some rebel brigades complain they are left out in the cold from the flow of money and weapons, sparking rivalries between secular and Islamist groups. Fighters and opposition activists worry that Qatar is buying outsized influence in post-Assad Syria and giving a boost to Islamist-minded groups if the regime falls.

What is the Syrian Electronic Army?One key question revolves around how close the group is to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which has been involved in a bloody civil war for more than two years. On that subject, all the signs are of “tacit support,” says Helmi Noman, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. He has been tracking the Syrian Electronic Army since May 2012, when it first emerged as an organized group with a Facebook page and then its own website. “What we know is their domain name was registered by the Syrian Computer Society. We looked into the Syrian Computer Society and discovered that it was headed by al-Assad in the 1990s, before he was president,” said Noman. “It’s hosted on the network of the Syrian government, which is interesting because it’s the first time we’ve seen a group with questionable activities being hosted on a national computer network.”

From Belgian school to Syrian battleground A camera shakily films a group of rebel fighters preparing to pray, lined up in rows, their weapons at their feet. A young man walks into shot and takes off his rifle before briefly turning towards the camera. “That’s Brian,” says Ingrid de Mulder, pointing at her nephew in the online video on her computer. “I’m 100% sure. That’s him. No doubt.” Nineteen-year-old Brian de Mulder from Antwerp is one of hundreds of Europeans authorities believe to be in Syria. “It’s not the Brian brought up by his mother,” says Ingrid. “Brian was athletic, he was sporty, he was helping everybody. We never saw him like this. For me it’s a programmed robot.”

Syria Open Backyard Refineries as War Reaches Oil Field “There is also little proof the national coalition has much oil under its control,” David Butter, associate fellow of the Middle East and North Africa program at London-based Chatham House said. “It’s all very sketchy.” The fields of the east and northeast are in areas where Islamist militants predominate, the Economist Intelligence Unit said in an April 24 report. “The majority of the fields are controlled by al-Qaeda; some by the Free Army; some others by the Kurds,” said Rami Abdurrahman of the Coventry, England-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. “We cannot confirm what percentage each controls.”

 

Analyses & Op-Eds

Bennett Ramberg: Syria’s Chemical Genie Recent statements from US officials have not been reassuring. In January, then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said that the US was not pursuing options that involve “boots on the ground” to secure Assad’s arsenal during the conflict. At the same news conference, Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conceded that preventing the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons would require such clear, comprehensive intelligence that obtaining it is “almost unachievable.” Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 17, Dempsey added that he had no confidence that US forces could secure the arsenal given the number of sites. Such remarks from senior military authorities suggest that Obama’s warnings may be hollow. Worse, they inspire little confidence that the US can deal with future cases in which countries with nuclear assets find themselves in revolt, civil war, or political collapse – and with compromised domestic atomic safeguards risking the spread of nuclear havoc to other regions. Such risks demand examination and planning. But, to rely on the US government alone to plot the most effective strategy in the shadow of possible internal group-think is asking too much. Outside vetting – including published reviews by congressional investigative bodies, think tanks, and scholars – could add important insights.

Could John McCain’s roadmap for intervening in Syria work? “No one should think that we have to destroy every air defense system or put tens of thousands of boots on the ground to make a difference in Syria. We have more limited options. We could, for example, organize and overt and large-scale operation to train and equip Syrian opposition forces. We could use our precision strike capabilities to target Assad’s aircraft and Scud missile launchers on the ground, without our pilots having to fly into the teeth of Syria’s air defenses. We could use similar weapons to selectively destroy artillery pieces and make their crews think twice about remaining at their posts. We could also use Patriot missile batteries outside of Syria to help protect safe zones inside of Syria.”

Chemical weapons in Syria: Bashar al-Assad hovers over a red line In the past, Damascus has backed down when faced with the credible threat of force: for example, in 1998, under Bashar’s father, Hafez al-Assad, when Turkey massed tanks on Syria’s border until it ceased supporting Kurdish insurgents; or in October 2005 when Bashar sent an emissary to sue for peace in Washington as the Bush administration readied reprisal options against his funnelling of jihadi volunteers into US-occupied Iraq. The problem now – in addition to the passivity of the international community – is that the Assad clan and its hardline, mostly Alawite support base sees this conflict as existential. They are prepared to destroy Syria and, after more than 70,000 deaths, wade through the blood of the Syrian people to impose their right to rule. So it is no longer about testing limits. There are none.

 

My new paper, prepared for a briefing in Washington, D.C. that took place on January 15, 2013, is now out and is titled “Syria 2013: Rise of the Warlords.” It should be read in conjunction with my previous briefing “The Shredded Tapestry,” and my recent essay “The Creation of an Unbridgeable Divide.”

 

Video Highlights

A video found on the mobile phone of a pro-Assad militiaman captured and killed by rebels. The place of the massacre is believed to have taken place a few days ago in the town ofAl-Otaibeh in Damascus Suburbs, which fell completely back into regime hands earlier today (Wednesday)http://youtu.be/qkRcA9gLJaA A second clip shows the corpses being gathered in a ditch and set on fire http://youtu.be/i9y6Y_8lAyQ A third video from the same mobile seems to show the perpetrators  http://youtu.be/caqj–dkFwo

Meanwhile, rebel strongholds in Eastern Ghoutah get targeted as well: Dhiabiyeh http://youtu.be/xzcKUy8SKlY, http://youtu.be/wg2A8suJm7Y

Multiple missiles hit the suburb of Daraya, Damascus http://youtu.be/_jm-fLaH910 ,http://youtu.be/no52BNW6lYc Fighter jets targeted the suburb as well http://youtu.be/YUuGH7LGqvo

Rebels attacking Minnigh Military Airport in Aleppo claim that these corpses belong to Iranian soldiers fighting for Assad http://youtu.be/vgGTtfpTpgc

Rebels in Lattakia claim that these grad missiles targeted the Alawite town ofQardaha, Assad’s hometown http://youtu.be/hFEGHowXpPw

In Aleppo City, rebels claim that pro-Assad militias bright down the historic minaret of the Aleppo Omayad Mosque, one of the oldest in the world http://youtu.be/vqcTkCEzfow Targeting mosques and minarets in particular have been a modus operandi for pro-Assad militias since the early weeks of the revolution.

 

SNHR Casualties Report: Wednesday 24 April 2013

Syrian network for human rights documented 104 victims , Wednesday  24/4/2013 all across Syria,  including 11 children, 8 ladies , 5 tortured to death , 32 armed rebels.
Damascus and countryside : 18 victims
Aleppo : 22 victims
Homs : 18 victims
Idlib : 11 victims
Daraa : 9 victims
Hama : 17 victims
Dier Alzoor : 5 victim
Tartous : 1 victim
Raqqa : 1 victim
Swidaa : 1 victim
Lattakia : 1 victim
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Aleppo : 22 victims ; 3 ladies , 3 children
1-Child Basher Badi – 3 years old – Ansari – affected shelling
2-3-Two victims Al Ali HIjazi family , shelling
4-Fadi Jarad – armed rebel – clashes
5- Child Abdulrahman ( unknown surname ) – 6 years old – shelling
6- Child Saed ( unknown surname ) – 8 years old – shelling
7- Ahmad Khaled 19 years old – armed rebel – clashes
8- Mohamad Akidi – armed rebel – clashes
9- Abdulrazak Khalaf – armed rebel – clashes
10-Mahmod Baro – armed rebel – clashes
11- Hasan Khairo – armed rebel – clashes
12- Mahmod Alhaji – – armed rebel – sniper bullet
13- Ms. Badria Hamido – 55 years old – shelling vacuum bombs on Dier Jamal
14- Ms. Noor Hamido – 55 years old – shelling vacuum bombs on Dier Jamal
15- Ms. Ayah Hamido – 55 years old – shelling vacuum bombs on Dier Jamal
16- Mohamad Oso – 21 years old – shelling on Zartah village
17- Abdo Kosa – 61 years old – shelling on Zartah village
18- Anwar Yousef – 33 years old – shelling on Zartah village
19- Hasan Alahmad – 60 years old – shelling on Zartah village
20- Abdullah Horia – armed rebel – clashes
21-Radwan Faris – armed rebel – clashes
22- Anas Alhaj – armed rebel – clashes
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Damascus and countryside  : 18 victims; 1 woman, 2 children
2-Fwaz Alhindi – shelling on Zamalka in 21-3-2013
6- Hasan Diab – executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces in Jdidt Artouz
7- Ahmad Abo Yousef – shelling on Derbakhia village
8- Kasem Ghadir – shelling on Derbakhia village
9- Essam Ozon – shelling on Derbakhia village
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOCU7cNcnK0
10- Unknown victim –executed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces in Sidi Mikdad neighborhood
http://youtu.be/kdj8wbT8uT4
11- Abo Mojahed – media activist – sniper bullet in Babela
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoyJI7-8D54&feature=youtu.be
12- Ms. Zainab Hamzah – 23 years old – mother of two children – sniper bullet in Bait Saham
13 – Abdo Alabd -93 years old – with bullets in Moazameat Alsham             https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=452395001516236&set=a.122898181132588.33874.122821647806908&type=1&theater
14 Mamon Najib – sniper bullet in Harasta
15- Girl child Hala Nablsi – 8 years old – shelling on Yarmouk refugee camp
16 – Wael Baroudi – shelling with rocket launcher in Mliha
17- Ahmad Dieb – shelling with rocket launcher in Mliha
18- Bassam Abo Osama – armed rebel – clashes
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Homs  : 18 victims; including 1 woman, 1 child, 1 tortured to death
1-Adnan Alnaes – shelling on Eastern Zafarana
2- Yaser Aldhik – armed rebel – clashes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX69WThXVQ&feature=youtu.be
3- Omar Alsabouh – armed rebel – clashes
4- Bilal Aldhik – armed rebel – clashes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuumyl7Vx0w
5- Sliman Kasab – – armed rebel – clashes
6- Ms. Fahima Khatib – 60 years – sniper bullet while displacing from Kusair
7- Girl child Fatima Alsalih – 9 years old – shelling on Talbesa
8- Mohamad Alnaklan – Palmyra – defected soldier by Syrian Government’s Armed Troops in 23-4-2012
9- Ahmad Alomar – armed rebel – clashes
10- Mahmod Bakour – armed rebel – clashes
11- Mohamad Alhazori  – armed rebel – clashes
12- Kasem Merai – armed rebel – clashes
13- Orwa Halom – armed rebel – clashes
14- 15 Two unknown victims – armed rebel – clashes
16- Yahia Alazhari – tortured to death after he was kidnapped for few days
17-Khaled Alkhodari – shelling on Tal Kalakh
18- Walid Halom   – shelling on Tal Kalakh
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Daraa: 9 victims ; 1 woman
1-Raed Alnabolsi – warplanes shelling on Noema
2-Nabel Alsalkhadi – warplanes shelling on Noema
3-Samer Alabod – warplanes shelling on Noema
4- Omar Mahamid – warplanes shelling on Noema
5- Shaoki Mahamid – warplanes shelling on Noema
6- Omran Alabod – warplanes shelling on Noema
7- Mosab Alsalkhadi – warplanes shelling on Noema
8- Ibrahim Alabod – armed rebel – warplanes shelling on Noema
9- Ms. Linda Awad – shelling on Daraa
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Idilb: 11 victims; 2 women, 3 children
1-Ali Alreem – 50 years old – shot on head in Khan Shaikhon
2- Mohamad Shahada – sniper bullet in Orm Aljoz village
3- Child Walid Alibrahim – shelling on Ghardafa village
4- Unknown lady – shelling on Shinan village
5- Wahid Abdulrahman – shelling on Bashlamon village
6- Ms. Najdiah Altanbour – shelling on Inib village
7- Ahmad Husain – armed rebel – clashes
8- Hamza Kadi – armed rebel – clashes
9- Ghasan Sahari – armed rebel – clashes
10-Girl child Fatima Kamal Shaban – handcuffed – shelling on Saraqeb
11- Girl child Batol Kamal Shaban – shelling on Saraqeb
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Hama: 17 victims; 2 children
1-Moawea Hadid – armed rebel – clashes
2- Mahmod Khaled defect soldier – while he was preparing a mine
3- Walid Almorad – head of relief office in Kafar Naboda – sniper bullet
4- 5 Two unknown victims – shelling on Doma Village
6- 7 Two unknown girl child – shelling on Kafar Naboda
8- Adnan Alanidan – armed rebel – clashes
9- Unknown victim – explosive bullet
10-Ahmad Alhasan – shelling on Karaj village
11-16- Six unknown victims ( Ahmad Alhasan family ) – shelling on Karaj village
17 Ghazoan Donia – armed rebel – clashes
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Dier Alzoor: 5 victims, 3 tortured to death
1-Amer Albasri – Mayadin – executed by Alassad troops bullet after he was kidnapped last Friday
2-Khalifa Alzaher – armed rebel – clashes
3-Iyad Tatab – tortured to death in security branch – Aleppo
4-Mohamad Khashman – tortured to death after he was arrested for 45 days , his body found in military hospital
5-Mahmod Jadaan – armed rebel – clashes
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Raqqa: 1 victim :
1-Mohamad Khalifa – armed rebel – clashes
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Tartous: 1 victim
1-Firas Alyamk – 19 years old – tortured to death after accusing him by killing solider , he was shot then arrested in Banias
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Swidaa: 1 victim
1-Kamal Mokaled – tortured to death in prison
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Lattakia: 1 victim
1-Ali Hason– armed rebel – clashes

SNHR Extensive Report Based on Violations Against Children in Syria

More than 7873 children have been killed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces since the begun of Syrian revolution to 6-4-2013

 

Rule 135. of Customary IHL

Rule 135. Children affected by armed conflict are entitled to special respect and protection.

Introduction:

Since mid-February of 2012, the nature of Syrian conflict has been described as a non-international armed conflict. Meaning each party to the conflict should be bound to apply Common Article 3 to the four Geneva Convections as well as Customary Norms of International Human Rights Law relating to non-international armed conflicts.

Security council resolution 1325/2000: emphasizing all member states to implement fully international humanitarian law and human rights law, based on violence during conflicts.

International criminal law provides means to implement international sanctions for serious violations against customary law, international law and international human rights law where these crimes are seen as an individual commitment. As noted the international criminal law trial persons accused of such crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity , aggression crimes and war crimes.

As of February 2013, 122 states are parties to the Rome Statues of International Criminal Court, although the Syrian Arab Republic signed the Rome Statue of International Criminal Court, it has not ratified the treaty yet.

According to Article 13 of ICC

(Exercise of jurisdiction)

(b)     A situation in which one or more of such crimes appears to have been committed is referred to the Prosecutor by the Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations; or

Security council can refer Syrian file to the Prosecutor of ICC for investigation  

 

Syrian Government

First : Unlawful killing:

Documented the death toll killed by Syrian Government Armed Forces

International Humanitarian Law: Rule 89. Murder is prohibited

SNHR: by our daily monitoring and over 120 members deployed in all of the Syrian provinces and their direct connection to the events that took place on the Syrian territory, we have documented the killings of at least 7837 children by Syrian Government Armed Forces, the annex documenting our file names, photos, date and place of their martyrdom are found below.

Among the 7837 victim children:

1-   2343 female child, 5494 male child

2-   At Least 327 field executed, either slaughtered by knifes as in Houla village massacre in Homs, Karam Elzietoun neighborhood massacre in Homs, and Refai neighborhood massacre in Homs, or shot as in many villages and towns in all the Syrian governorates armed forces

3-   1930 have not reached the age of ten; 348 are infants

Different and multiple Types of killing children:

1-   Shelling

2-   Sniping

3-   Raiding and field executed

4-   Shockingly: among at least 194.000 Syrian detainees; more than 9000 children (under 18), Syrian governorates armed forces used very violent torture methods against them, and the methods used barely differ from those used against adults. They don’t differentiate between children and adults in detention

Many of those who were released told us that they heard the crying children scream, “we want our mother, we want to get out.”

Syrian government armed forces tortured to death at least 79 children at the site of their arrest, and in prisons. They even died while in the hands of the executioner.

Please find all the above mentioned details, documented carefully in the following annex

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Bj18tlYYKBRjhMYWJIc21MbEk/edit

Children victims deployed all the Syrian Governorates as follows :

1-   1531 children killed in Aleppo

2-   1506 children killed in Damascus countryside

3-   1390 children killed in Homs

4-   1013 children killed in Idlib

5-   683 children killed in Daraa

6-   628 children killed in Hama

7-   519 children killed in Dier Alzoor

8-   332 children killed in Damascus

9-   74 children killed in Raqqa

10- 61 children killed in Lattakia

11-  48 children killed other nationalities

12-  26 children killed in Hasaka

13-  18 children killed in Qunaitra

14-  6 children killed in Tartous

15- 2 children killed in Swidaa

 

Children from various Syrian Governorates tell their stories of shelling, sniping, and how Syrian Government Armed Forces killed their parents:

Aleppo Governorate

–   Aleppo / Albab road, 13-9-2012, child tells how Syrian Government Forces warplanes bombed his house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7LMpwpKi8E

–   Aleppo / Bustan al- Qasr, 20-8-2012, child tells the story of his injury caused by Syrian Government Armed Forces shelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knuJRUquKUQ

–   Aleppo / El- Ard Alhamra , 22-2-2013, child tells the story of his injury cause Syrian Government Armed Forces shelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvL-WMIPv-8

–   Aleppo / Masharqa – 18-4-2013, child tells how he was beaten by Syrian Government Shabiha

http://youtu.be/nvIqdo36auY

–   Aleppo /Ansari , 12-3-2013, child tells how Syrian Government Armed Forces shelled his neighborhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX4x4pl8EYg

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Dier Alzoor Governorate

–   Dier Alzoor, 31-7-2012, child tells how Syrian Government Forces warplanes bombed his house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEaGhBVm3RU

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Lattakia Governorate

–   Lattakia countryside / Alhafa, child tell how Shabiha killed his mother

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB8Lhh0bXik

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Daraa Governorate

–   Daraa /  Dael village, 29-4-2012, child tells the story of his injury by a sniper bullet shot by Syrian Government Armed Forces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JojTBSAy0

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Hama Governorate

–   Hama countryside / Latamna, 13-4-2012, child tells the details of Latamna massacre committed by Shabiha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azdk85wtKAM

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Damascus countryside Governorate

–   Damascus countryside / Doma , 3-3-2013 , child tells how Syrian Government armed forces shelled his house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GezSqhhBVxM

–    Damascus countryside / Arbin, 27-1-2013, child tells his suffering caused by shelling from Syrian Government Armed Forces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy36GPAhMm0

–   Damascus countryside / Kafar Batna, 8-11-2012, wounded child tells the death of his sister caused by shelling from Syrian Government Armed Forces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-6K81VaNqE

–   Damascus countryside / Doma, 3-3-2013, child tells how his twin brother was killed by Syrian Government Armed Forces shelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymslf_HoU1E

–   Damascus countryside / Eastern Ghouta, 28-10-2012, child tells the story of his injury caused by Syrian Government Armed Forces shelled his house

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4uGRB2eQr4

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Idlib Governorate :

–   Idlib / Sahl Alghab, 30-10-2012, child tells how Syrian Government Armed Forces shelled his house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDM-vW_Y58c

–    Idlib /Mart Masrin, 4-12-2012, girl talks about her injury, caused by shelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgtE2OJbryk

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Homs Governorate :

–   Homs/ Houla village, 17-1-2013, child tells how Syrian Government Armed Forces shelled his house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvV_oKyVG0o

–   Homs / Rastan, 13-5-2012, child tells the story of his injury by a shell from Syrian Government Armed Forces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC0Cufjept8

–   Homs/ Karm Alzitoun, 19-3-2012, child tells how Syrian Government Armed Forces shelled his house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISk4GXyxgy8

–   Homs / Rastan, 24-7-2012, child tells the story of his injury cause: Syrian Government Armed Forces’ warplane shelling his house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn_RbamqR7Y

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Despite repeated Syrian government’s allegations that it is fighting Al-Qaeda, the Afghan terrorist cell, the attacks are deliberately, systematically, and extensively aimed at civilians, acts considered to be classified as war crimes under Article 8 of the Rome Statue.

Systematic and extensive Syrian armed forces attacks killed thousands of child victims in all Syrian governorates, and are therefore tantamount to crimes against humanity according to Article 7 of the Rome Statue.

Second:  proportion of killed children

Civilians comprise the majority of victims killed by Syrian Government Armed Forces, making up 91% of those killed. The number of armed rebels killed is less than 9%. The rate of civilian casualties surpasses the proportion of civilian victims killed in World War I and II.

Proportion of killed children is 9%, a very high and alarming rate, and strictly proves that the Syrian government’s armed forces are targeting civilians by systematically shelling them with Scud missiles. Civilians also fall victim to the indiscriminate, and deliberate, barbaric act of random shelling by warplanes using TNT.

 

Third:  Arrest and detention of children

Article VII of international convention (International Human rights law) clearly prohibits torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.

SNHR estimates at least 9000 children currently detained in security branches and prisons were arrested during the raids, and many of them were arrested when their relatives were threatened.

Many surviving children told the story of their suffering and how they were victim to the same cruel torturing methods used against adult men.

Using their testimonies, SNHR documented the most common torture methods used against children during their detention in Security Branches or prisons.

1-   Using all methods of physical abuse against all body parts by different tools such as stakes and electric cables, colloquially called (Robai), to beat on the soles and tread on the head.

2-   Completely uprooting fingernails.

3-   Removing hair from different parts of the body

4-   Cutting out flesh by forceps from sensitive organs

5-   Cutting out some parts of the detainee body; such as finger, flesh, or stabbing in the back or stomach

6-   Burning detainee’s skin using chemical acids or cigarettes.

7-   Exposing the detainee after being enforced to take off all clothes and covers to extreme cold.

8-   Depriving the detainee from medical care totally as there is a lack of medical care in large number of prisons.

9-   Preventing the detainee to use the toilet but once or twice a day, forcing him/her sometimes to urinate on himself/herself. If the detainee is allowed to use toilet, the period may not exceed a minute. The detainee is also prevented from taking shower, and going out for a breath of fresh air.

10- Pouring cold water over the body after being hit and wounded.

11- Cracking ribs.

12- Insufficient amount of water and food, which is not enough for a quarter of detainees.

13- Pouring boiling oil or water over legs

14- Cutting the ear with a clipper meant for trimming trees

15- Stressing ears and nose with a mallet.

16- Electric shock, especially in breasts, knees, and elbows.

These torture methods led to the deaths of more than 79 children, documented by name, date, photo, and video.

Detained children are deprived of education and stopped their study years with at least another 150000 children because of destruction, shelling and damage of almost 3200 schools, and breaking into dozens of schools because of student involvement in anti – government demonstrations, more than 140 teachers were killed by Syrian Government’s Armed Forces.

Syrian Government starkly violated a number of Customary IHL rules

Rule 90. Torture, cruel or inhuman treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, are prohibited.

Rule 91. Corporal punishment is prohibited.

Rule 120. Children who are deprived of their liberty must be held in quarters separate from those of adults, except where families are accommodated as family units.

Fourth: Sexual Violence

By conducting multiple interviews with sexual violence victims, we found that there are dozens of minors who were raped. For minors (under 18), we can’t give accurate statistics, since there are many cases that weren’t documented, and many concerned persons declined to talk about the subject. But our estimations refer to more than 400 rapes for minor girls in various Syrian Governorates .

Girls under 15 in the Refai, Karm Alzaitoun and Baba Amr neighborhoods in Homs were raped by Syrian government armed forces. Many minor girls were also raped in similar cases that took in the Damascus countryside, Idlib (Precisely Jisr Alshagour), Daraa, Hama, Lattakia, and other areas. These extensive, systematic methods reflected terribly on the psyches of those girls, since some never had sex, and some girls didn’t know what sex was. Many of them collapsed when they talked about what happened to them. Most documented rape cases occurred during raids, and others occurred in detentions.

Rule 93. Rape and other forms of sexual violence are prohibited.

Rape and sexual violence are associated with non – international armed conflict, and can therefore be prosecuted as war crimes committed by Syrian Government Armed Forces.

The practice of rape and sexual assault was one of the torture methods used in formal and informal detention centers, in violation of International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law.

 

Fifth: Child Recruitment

We didn’t document the Syrian Government Armed Forces’ use of child soldiers in its ranks.

However, children and civilians were used as human shields during raids.

Rule 97. The use of human shields is prohibited.

 

Sixth: Refugee Children

SNHR estimates that more than 75% of the refugees in neighboring countries are made up of women and children. According to the last statistics measured with SNHR, the number of Syrian refugees amounts to 1.650.000, including 149.000 child under the age of 18. Most of them are suffering from harsh living and educational conditions, and urgently require long term psychiatric treatment due to the tragic and horrific experiences of the massacres, shelling, and destruction that occurred in their home towns and villages.

Attachment and annexed are samples of the extensive systematic violations that took place in all the Syrian governorates against Syrian children.

Homs Governorate :

–   Homs , Bab Siba , 28-11-2012 , child lost his eye , received many operations, but they were conducted in vain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJKswurhhVU

–   Homs , Rastan ,12-11-2012 , trying to revive a child wounded by shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpjcRObdso

–   Homs , Rastan ,13-5-2012 , child dying from shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLl68cUx6Pc

–   Homs – Adawia ,12-3-2012 , burned body for a child, from direct shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n1c_CoE2QE

–   Homs , Rastan ,3-4-2012 , child has serious injury cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Ifvk66FfM

–   Homs – Ter Mala village , 14-11-2012 , child has serious injury cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOvm10rQ0oQ

–   Homs – Khaldiah , 20-5-2012 , child injured cause of sniper bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_TiulgQVn0

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Daraa Governorate:

–   Daraa -Jizzah , 12-7-2012 ,child shot with three bullets by Syrian Army

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgqFMgezKOQ

–   Daraa – Bosra Alsham  , 11-12-2012 , child’s hand lost cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KjJBkEQlYk

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Dier Alzoor Governorate:

–   Dier Alzoor – Mohasan , 19-9-2012 , child lost his leg cause of shelling on bread bakery while trying to get some bread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fet6x5KJAlQ

–   Dier Alzoor – Mohasan , 19-9-2012 , Another child in the same day injured cause of shelling on bread bakery while he was trying to get some bread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9aRjXq9hBg

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Aleppo Governorate:

–   Aleppo – Albab , 18-11-2012 ,  child injured cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_mlcx31rQE

–   Aleppo – Alshaar , 4-11-2012 , child injured cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6MjvIDFs84

–   Aleppo , 8-10-2012 child dying cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb2n0IgOm94

–   Aleppo – Bostan Alzahra , 3-10-2012 , child shot by a sniper bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duEoCvrKDpE

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Hama Governorate:

–   Hama , 18-5-2012 , child injured cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AtLgu9p1rM

–   Hama – Almadik castle , 19-2-2012 , child shot by security forces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urPZXE2EsqI

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Damascus and countryside:

–   Damascus countryside – Madaia , 5-8-2012 , child shot by a sniper bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_4cD2xpR4w

–   Damascus countryside – Kudsia , 16-6-2012 , child shot by Syrian army’s  bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj5ePa5ITYY

–   Damascus countryside – Kafar Batna , 2-11-2012 , child lost his leg cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlimXcyLxKc

–   Damascus countryside – Moazamiat Alsahm , 12-12-2012 , child shot by a sniper bullet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_OKRoWCwUc

–   Damascus – Hajar Aswad , 13-12-2012 , child injury cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GxovcxZSE

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Idlib Governorate:

–   Idlib – Sirmene , 28-9-2012 , child injured cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qIDo1mXYyw

–   Idlib – Bibish , 9-11- 2012 , another child injured cause of shelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_rc4nYQhd4

–   Idlib – Aldana , 26-7-2012 , child with severely injured cause of shelling , doctors trying to help him but in vain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-b2b08IMYs

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Photos

–   Homs / 2012 , child suffering from under-nutrition, weakness caused by blockade of Homs by Syrian Government Armed forces, and lack of food and baby milk

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/117.png

–   Homs – Hola / 2012 , displaced civilians, including children, suffer from homelessness and poverty  after leaving everything they have because of shelling by Syrian Government Armed Forces

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/2012-11-06T191526Z_1_CBRE8A51CTG00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG

–   Damascus countryside / Kafar Batna – 2012 child lost one of his feet because of shelling by MIG

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/36335_432951706766043_1623786093_n.jpg

–   Homs /2012 , another child suffering from undernutrition-caused weakness because of blockade of Homs for more than 200 days  by Syrian Government Armed forces, and lack of food and baby milk

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/1232.jpg

–   Jordan – Zaatari refugee camp / 2012 , children in Zaatari camp suffering from lack of healthcare and severe weather conditions

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/syria-camp470.jpg

–   Syria / 2012, child lost one of his feet because of shelling on civilian houses

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/374117_445976182105161_518450115_n.jpg

–   Homs / 2012 , children in a field hospital injured because of shelling

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/52.jpg

–   Alshaar – Aleppo / 2012 ,  child sleeping in a pool of his own blood, because of shelling, while a doctor in a field hospital tries to help him

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/halab.jpg

–   Haibit – Idlib / 2012 , no treatment is available for children under five because out of fear of having their wounded children abducted, civilians cannot transfer their children to hospitals. The children are treated in one of the available substitutions for field hospitals

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/idl.jpg

–   Homs – Kusair / 2012 , children injured cause of shelling

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/qusair.jpg

–   Homs/2012 , injured children with no shelter cause their homes are demolished cause of shelling

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/image-WLPOD2N2DYAUPRWO.jpg

–   Dier Alzoor , 11/6/2012 , child injured his head cause of shelling

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/544896_421624821224748_1376264721_n.png

–   Damascus countryside – Hamoria / 2012 – child injured in a field hospital

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/mqdefault.jpg

–   Turkey – refugee camp / 2012 , children in queue to get food

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/2134bc7cc46bb9d993eb959eafbdb75a.jpg

–   Aleppo / 2012 , child lost his weight because of the lack of food and children milk and medicines, because the Syrian army prevented entry of these materials

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/_______934820632.jpg

–   Aleppo – Bab Alnirb / 2012, child injured in a field because of shelling

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/789931835.jpg

–   Damascus countryside /2012  , child’s face completely scarred because of a sniper bullet

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/409245_375428265865111_896436824_n.jpg

–   Daraa / 2012, infant girl child injured because of random shelling

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/0.jpg

–   Dier Alzoor / 2012 , girl child lost one of her eyes cause of random shelling

http://syrianhr.org/Upload/savefiles/hqdefault.jpg

 

Legal conclusions:

The Syrian government violated both International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law.

According to Article 7 and Article 8 of Rome Statue, and many other rules of  Customary IHL (rules No. 89-90-93-97-120-135),

the Syrian Government Armed Forces committed extensive systematic war crimes and crimes against humanity by unlawful killings, torture, sexual violence.

 

Armed Rebels

1-   Most common violations committed by Armed Rebels include using children under 18 in dangerous non-combat roles (such as: support fighters, medical support, correspondence, espionage, cooking, and other services etc…), and in some rare conditions, fighting and carrying weapons

We did not document any torture, rape, or killing of children by armed rebels.

Conclusions :

2-   SNHR is observing, with concern, the use of children in dangerous non-combat roles, and in rare cases, in combat roles, and to carry weapons. The observations are not extensive.

3-   ICC considers the conscription and enlistment of children under the age of 15, and their enforcement in the participation in hostilities to be war crimes

4-   SNHR didn’t documented any case where children under 15 were forced to carry weapons, but there is evidence and documented cases where children participated in non-combat roles

 

Condemnation and responsibilities:

Responsibilities of the State for internationally wrongful acts, similarly, Customary IHL provides that the State is responsible for all acts committed by the members of its military and security forces, thus, the State is responsible for wrongful acts committed by its military and security forces, including crimes against humanity.

Prohibition crimes against humanity are among the rules of jus cogens or peremptory, and the punishment of such crimes is compulsory according to the General principles of international law. Moreover, the crimes against humanity are the highest violation of basic human rights, which include the right to life and prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. In accordance with the principles of State responsibility in international law, Syrian Arabic Republic holds responsibility for such crimes and violations. It is their duty to ensure punishment of the perpetrators individually, and to provide compensation to victims.

SNHR holds that all violations committed by Syrian Government Armed Forces accountable to the Syrian government and the General Commander of the army and the armed forces, Bashar Al-Assad, to all the officials of in security branches, and to all financial and moral supporters of those forces, with the legal judicial and material consequences to the victims and their families in addition to all the reactions that will come by the families or their friends.

We also condemn violations committed by some armed rebel factions and demand interim government to take its responsibility in this regard

 

Recommendations :

Human right council

1-   Call upon the security council and relevant organizations to take upon their responsibility towards the Syrian children who have and will, fall victim to murder, rape, and displacement.

2-   Pressure the Syrian government to stop torturing, demand the release of all children, and stop the Syrian government from pressuring their parents through the detention and torture of their children.

3-   Hold the allies and supporters of the Syrian government : Russia , Iran , China ,  morally and physically responsible for what is happening to the Syrian children.

4-   Give serious attention to this case, give it a high priority, and try to take care of tortured victims’ families.

Security Council :

1-   Refer all the criminals and others involved to ICC.

2-   Warn the Syrian Government Troops of the repercussions of using brutal methods and systematic killing, send them a clear message that this will not be tolerated.

Arab League  :

1-   Demand the Human Rights Council and United Nations to give this serious issue the right attention and follow up.

2-   Give serious attention to this case and give it a high priority, and try to take care of tortured child victims and rehabilitate them mentally, physically , educationally.

3-   Apply political and diplomatic pressure on the Syrian Government Troops’ main allies – Russia, Iran and China – to prevent them from continuously providing cover, international and political protection, for all the crimes committed against the Syrian people and hold them morally and physically responsible for all the excessive violence of the Syrian Government Troops.

Transitional Government:

1-   Provide Media and Political attention deserved of this case, and continuously raise these issues in Syrian Friends Conferences.

2-   Demand the Human Rights Council and United Nations to give this serious issue the right attention and follow up.

3-   Form specialized committees to follow up on the conditions of detainees’ families and care for them financially and morally.

4-   Form specialized committees to provide moral and psychological support to rehab children for what’s happening to them in by way of the killing, rape, and displacement.

5-   Condemn, account, and follow up on the torture committed by opposition armed factions .

 

-Report prepared by Syrian Network for Human Rights

SNHR Casualties Report: 23 April 2013

Syrian network for human rights documented 123 victims , Tuesday  23/4/2013 all across Syria,  including 13 children, 6 ladies , 17 tortured to death , 27 armed rebels.

Damascus and countryside : 53 victims
Homs : 18 victims
Idlib : 12 victims
Aleppo : 21 victims
Daraa : 13 victims
Dier Alzoor : 1 victim
Tartous : 1 victim
Raqqa : 4 victims
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Syrian Network for Human Rights – London