The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Daily death toll | 26 persons killed on August 16 across Syria

Further details of fatalities, documented by SOHR, can be summarised as follows:

A civilian died affected by the wounds he sustained nearly a week ago, due to the Turkish shelling on Tel Ziwan village in Al-Qamishly countryside in Al-Hasakah.

A child died due to extensive missile shelling by Turkish forces on Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) city.

A young man from Al-Lojaa area northern of Daraa was killed in armed clashes between two tribes in Al-Tiba town in the eastern countryside of Daraa.

A young man from Tel Shihab town in Daraa countryside, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen between Al-Mazirib and Tel Shihab towns in western Daraa countryside.

A prominent figure of regime opposition was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Da’il town in the middle Daraa countryside.

13 people were killed by a Turkish airstrike on a regime military base in Tel Jarikly village in Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) countryside. it has not yet been known whether the dead people are regime soldiers only or civilians also.

An SDF member was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, believed to be ISIS cells, on a military vehicle on Al-Karama town road in eastern Al-Raqqa countryside.

Four SDF members were killed by a Turkish drone attack on Sonjok Sadoun village in Amouda countryside in Al-Hasakah.

Two HTS members died in an advanced landmine explosion at the frontlines of Kansafra in Jabal Al-Zawiyah southern of Idlib.

A Turkish soldier was killed by an SDF missile fired at a border police station in Turkish territory, opposite to Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) eastern of Aleppo.