Murder | Man shot dead in his house in Idlib

Idlib Province – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: SOHR activists have documented a new murder in areas under the control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and opposition factions in Idlib, as a man stormed a house in al-Fu’ah town in the north-east of Idlib where he opened fire on people in this house, killing one and injuring others, including women and children. However, it is not known so far of the victim was a fighter or a civilian.

 

A few hours ago, SOHR activists in HTS-held areas in Idlib reported that the bodies of a man and his wife were found with gunshot wounds in their house in Harem town in the north-west of Idlib. However, the circumstances of the murder and identities of perpetrators remained unknown.

 

As more fatalities were documented, the number of people who have been killed in the countryside of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia since the 26th of April 2018, the start date of the security chaos to be escalated in these provinces, rose to 771. They were assassinated by bomb attacks, IED detonations, gunfire, abductions and then killing and throwing the bodies in remote areas. The fatalities were distributed as follows:

 

• A fighter in Turkistan Islamic Party

 

• The wife of an Uzbek commander and another child was with her

 

• The attorney-general of the Ministry of Justice of the Salvation Government

 

• 235 civilians, including 24 children and 24 women

 

• 450 fighters of Syrian nationality belong to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, al-Sham Corps, the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza, and other factions operating in Idlib

 

• 82 fighters of Somali, Uzbek, Asian, Gulf, Jordanian, Turkish and Caucasian nationalities.

 

Meanwhile, the assassination attempts have injured tens of people with varying severity.