New mu-rder in regime-held areas | Young man found de-ad in Rif Dimashq

Rif Dimashq province: This morning, residents found the body of a young man dumped near a high school in Al-Dedbah district in Hafir Al-Fawqa town in northern Rif Dimashq. However, the identity of the perpetrators remains unknown.

It is worth noting that the dead man was accused by some residents of “working with a kidnapping and robbery gang” in the town. It is believed that the man is killed by the gang members.

The Syrian Observatory has documented 134 murders in regime-controlled areas since early 2022, where domestic violence and armed robbery were behind some of these murders, while motivations behind the others remained unknown. These murders left 148 civilians: 27 children, 25 women, and 96 young and adult men, dead. The fatalities are distributed regionally as follows:

• Al-Suwaydaa: 33 civilians: four children, including an infant, three women, and 26 men.

• Rif Dimashq: 26 civilians: six children, five women, and 15 men, including an Iraqi man.

• Homs: 20 civilians: Two little girls, four women, and 14 men.

• Hama: 14 civilians: an infant, four women, and nine men.

• Daraa: 11 civilians: five children and six men.

• Deir Ezzor: Nine people: Six men, a child, and two women.

• Aleppo: Seven civilians: an infant and six men.

• Tartus: 11 civilians: Four women, four men, and three children.

• Damascus: Six civilians: a woman and four men.

• Latakia: Seven civilians: two women, three children, and two men.

• Al-Raqqah: Two men.

• Idlib: A man.

• Al-Quneitra: A child.