The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Idlib countryside | Young man shot dead by Turkish border guards, as he tries to cross the border

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the death of a young man, after being shot by Turkish border guards “Jandarma” while he was trying to enter Turkish territory from Harem area at the Syrian border with the Iskenderun region in Idlib countryside. According to Syrian observatory sources, the young man hails from the village of Rasm al-Sahrij in southern Aleppo countryside.

According to SOHR statistics, the number of Syrian civilians who have been killed by the Turkish Jandarma since the beginning of the Syrian Revolution, has risen to 461 including 82 children under the age of eighteen and 44 females over the age of eighteen.