Regime-controlled areas in March 2023 | Over 300 fatalities in acts of violence…26 murders…escalating security chaos…mass immigration in light of disastrous living conditions

Regime-controlled areas experienced scores of dramatic developments in March 2023, including an alarming escalation of violence, worsening living conditions, tightening security grip and ongoing arbitrary arrests.

 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has monitored and tracked all key developments in regime-controlled areas in the past month, which can be summarised in the following main points:

 

 

Acts of violence leave many casualties

 

In March 2023, regime-controlled areas saw an alarming escalation of acts of violence that left many casualties, where SOHR documented the death of 301 people across areas controlled by the Syrian regime and affiliated militias; the deaths are as follows:

 

 

Civilian fatalities

 

126 civilians, including 11 children and 16 women. Here are further details of the circumstances of these deaths:

 

• 56 civilians, including seven woman and seven children, were killed in explosions of old ordnance.

 

• 28 civilians, including nine women and two children, were murdered.

 

• 27 civilians were killed by ISIS.

 

• 11 civilians, including a child, were killed in incidents of security disorder in Daraa.

 

• Two civilians died under torture in regime’s prisons.

 

• A civilian was killed in regime bombardment.

 

• A child was killed in indiscriminate gunfire.

 

 

Non-civilian fatalities

 

-115 combatants:

 

• 42 killed by ISIS.

 

• 34 killed by opposition factions and jihadists in “Putin-Erdogan” area.

 

• 20 killed in incidents of security disorder in Daraa.

 

• Four killed in Israeli strikes.

 

• Three killed in US airstrikes.

 

• Eight killed in infightings.

 

• Four killed in gunfire.

 

-47 Iranian-backed Syrian and non-Syrian militiamen:

 

• 16 killed in US airstrikes on Deir Ezzor city and countryside.

 

• 11 killed in Israeli attacks.

 

• Three non-Syrian militiamen, including two members of the Lebanese Hezbollah, were killed in a landmine explosion.

 

• Four Syrian militiamen were killed in infightings.

 

• Seven killed the explosion of a weapons and ammunitions warehouse in Deir Ezzor city.

 

• Three killed by ISIS.

 

• One assassinated in Daraa.

 

• One assassinated in Deir Ezzor.

 

• Commander in “Saraya Al-Quds Movement,” the military wing of Al-Jehad Al-Islami Movement, was assassinated in Rif Dimashq.

 

-Eight ISIS members:

 

• Seven killed in security operations in the Syrian desert.

 

• One shot dead in Daraa.

 

-Three gunmen:

 

• Two killed in family infightings.

 

• One killed in clashes with regime forces.

 

-Two ex-fighters, who did not joined any military formations after having struck reconciliation deals, were killed in incidents of security disorder in Daraa.

 

 

Kidnappings and arbitrary arrests

 

As regime security and intelligence services continue their repression, SOHR activists documented, in March, the arrest of at least 104 civilians, as well as the kidnapping of 21 others, including two children.

 

A regional breakdown of arbitrary arrests is as follows:

 

• Deir Ezzor: 42 people.

 

• Rif Dimashq: 52 people.

 

• Daraa: Seven people, including a child and a woman.

 

• Latakia: One person.

 

A regional breakdown of kindaps is as follows:

 

• Deir Ezzor: Eight people.

 

• Al-Suwaidaa: Three people.

 

• Hama: Three people.

 

• Daraa: Two people.

 

• Homs: Two people.

 

• Al-Raqqah: Two people.

 

• Rif Dimashq: One civilian.

 

Here are further details of the arrests and kidnappings documented in the past month:

 

 

Arrests:

 

• March 1: Members of “Political Security” in plainclothes arrested five young men in Qudsaya district in the western-north of Rif Dimashq. According to SOHR sources, among the arrested persons included those who evade “compulsory service”.

 

• March 2: SOHR sources reported that regime soldiers stationed at checkpoint in Deir Ezzor started a security campaign yesterday, arresting nearly 30 civilians for driving them to reserve service. Regime soldiers stationed at Al-Fondoq (the Hotel) checkpoint, aka “Al-Talae’ checkpoint,” at the western entrance of Deir Ezzor city arrested six young men, including a university student. Moreover, regime soldiers stationed at Al-Jesr Al-Harbi (the Military Bridge) checkpoint between Deir Ezzor and Al-Husayniyah town arrested three people, including a 46-year-old teacher.

 

• March 4: Members of the Military Intelligence deployed at a mobile checkpoint at the outskirts of Ma’arat Saidaniya town in Rif Dimashq and arrested three young men, two of which hail from Saidaniya and the third hails from Ma’arat Saidaniya, for “not performing compulsory service”, amid investigation of passengers and elders and searching vehicles.

 

• March 6: Members of a patrol of the Military Intelligence Department arrested four young men, two of which are from Haza town and two others from Jobar neighbourhood and living in Ain Tarma in Rif Dimashq for “not performing compulsory service.”

 

• March 7: Members of the Military Police Department arrested 12 young men in Yalda town in Rif Dimashq for “failing to perform compulsory service”, where the members deployed at Baibla and Al-Balaa squares and Al-Kashk yard in the town, stopped and inspected the identity cards of the passengers.

 

• March 9: SOHR sources reported that regime security services arrested a civilian, while he was crossing on his motorcycle through a security checkpoint in Madaya town in Rif Dimashq. It is worth noting that the members stationed on the checkpoint opened fire on the civilian, before arresting him. They also arrested another civilian, after shooting and injuring him.

 

• March 10: Regime forces arrested a child of special needs, who hails from Jassim city in Daraa countryside, where he was taken to the juvenile prison in Qudsaya district in Rif Dimashq, without knowing the reasons behind his arrest.

 

• March 14: SOHR sources reported that the military intelligence service launched a security campaign in Arbeen city in Rif Dimashq, arresting five civilians for “involving in acts of terrorism.” The whereabouts of the five civilians remained unknown.

 

• March 14: Regime’s security services arrested a woman from Tahta town in eastern Daraa countryside, while she was in Al-Mowasaa hospital in Damascus, to go with her husband who died affected by the wounds he sustained in family disputes.

 

• March 14: The Military Intelligence Department stormed a house in Sahl Madaya area in Al-Qalmon Al-Gharby area in Rif Dimashq, and arrested three people with no information about the charges pressed against them, where they were taken to a regime’s security service in the capital Damascus.

 

• March 17: Security Services of the regime stormed a house in Qodsiya district in Rif Dimashq and arrested all members of a family with no information about the charges pressed against them, where they were taken to a security centre of the regime, coinciding with security mobilization in the region.

 

• March 18: Regime soldiers arrested two young men from Jassim city in western Daraa countryside, while they were heading towards the capital Damascus at Mankat Al-Hatab checkpoint on the highway between Damascus and Daraa, with no reports of the reasons behind their arrest and their fates remained unknown.

 

• March 21: The regime’s security services arrested a young man at Mankat Al-Hatab checkpoint on the international road between Damascus and Daraa for “not performing compulsory service”, where he was taken to a security centre of the regime with no reports regarding his fate.

 

• March 21: Regime forces arrested two young men from Talbiseh city on the agricultural road in north Homs countryside.

 

• March 22: Regime’s security services arrested a young man from inside the National Hospital in Daraa, while he was in critical condition, under the pretext that he is wanted by the security branches of the regime, without taking into consideration his medical condition.

 

• March 23: Members of the regime’s “4th Division” arbitrarily arrested three young men from Deir Ezzor city and took them to unknown destination.

 

• March 25: Security services of the regime have arrested seven civilians without knowing the charges pressed against them during Friday and Saturday, in Al-Qalmon area in Rif Dimashq, where two of them hail from Al-Qatifa city.

 

• March 26: Regime security services arrested an activist in Latakia city after sharing a post on his personal page on “Facebook,” in which he called for the application of the law to everyone, after a video went viral on social media showing a child being beaten in a school in Musyaf city.

 

• March 27: Members of a regime security services’ patrol have arrested a civilian, after raiding his house in Bada town in Rif Dimashq, on charge of “archaeological excavations.”

 

• March 28: members of military intelligence arrested three young men in Al-Bokamal city which is controlled by regime forces and Iranian militias in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.

 

• March 29: Members of regime security services stationed at Mankat Al-Hatab checkpoint on Damascus-Daraa highway arrested a young man for unknown reasons..

 

• March 30: Regime security services arrested a 26-year-old man working as a driver on Damascus-Rif Dimashq highway at the checkpoint on the road to Al-Kiswa in Rif Dimashq for unknown reasons. Also, a passenger aged 22 from Nawa city was arrested for evading mandatory conscription. The two men were taken to a regime security centre and their fate remains unknown.

 

 

Kidnaps:

 

• March 3: Unknown gunmen on motorcycles and two cars kidnapped eight shepherds, including two children, and stole nearly 200 sheep in Al-Khashah area in Al-Masrab desert in western Deir Ezzor. It is worth noting that one of the shepherds, who are from Al-Inabah village and of Al-Bosaraya tribe, was injured during the attack, while the identities of kidnappers remain unknown.

 

• March 6: Members of a gang kidnapped a doctor in Homs city after luring him yesterday, where the doctor is an internist working in Al-Razy hospital in Homs city. According to reliable SOHR sources, members of the gang lured the doctor after they called him at late time on Monday and asked him to head to one of the areas to treat an emergency case, where the family lost contact with the doctor and his car was found parked at the side of a street in the city, hours after he left. The kidnappers demanded 200,000,000 Syrian Liras from the doctor’s family to release him.

 

• March 9: Unknown gunmen kidnapped two civilians from Al-Khemaysiyah village in the eastern countryside of Al-Raqqah, while they were searching for truffle in Al-Bishri desert in south-eastern Al-Raqqah.

 

• March 9: Members of an armed gang in a car kidnapped a civilian, in front of his house in Tasil town in western Daraa countryside. The kidnapped civilian works in the Supply Directorate in Daraa city, where he is the manager of the Customer Protection Department.

 

• March 14: Members of a kidnapping gang demanded 50,000 USDs to release a doctor who was kidnapped in Al-Sanmin city in northern Daraa countryside, where residents found the car of the doctor in Da’il city in the middle countryside of the province.

 

• March 17: An armed gang kidnapped a guy after luring him to Al-Tanin area in Bada town in Al-Qalmon countryside.

 

• March 24: Members of an armed gang in a special car kidnapped a civilian in his 70s near his house in Salakhid village in western Al-Suwaydaa countryside.

 

• March 27: An armed gang kidnapped a civil engineer from Oyoun Husein village in the north-eastern countryside of Homs and working in one of the Gulf states.

 

• March 28: An armed gang kidnapped two brothers, after luring them from Homs city to Al-Suwaidaa for work, while the gang contacted with their family demanding a ransom to release them.

 

• March 29: Unidentified people who are likely to belong to “ISIS” cells kidnapped three young men from Aleppo, while searching for “truffle” in Duwaizin” area in Al-Salamiyah in the eastern countryside of Hama.

 

 

Crime rate is on the rise

 

Since early 2023, regime-held areas have experienced an alarming escalation of crime rates, in light of the regime security services’ failure to put an end to the state of disorder and rampant security chaos in all Syrian provinces.

 

The Syrian Observatory has documented 26 murders in regime-controlled areas in March 2023, where domestic violence and armed robbery were behind some of these murders, while motivations behind the others remained unknown. These murder crimes left 28 fatalities: nine women, 17 young and adult men and two children. The fatalities are distributed regionally as follows:

 

• Rif Dimashq: Three murder crimes left three men dead.

 

• Latakia: Three murder crimes left two women, a child and a man dead.

 

• Al-Suwaydaa: Seven murder crimes left four men and three women dead.

 

• Hama: One murder crime left a man dead.

 

• Daraa: Two murder crimes left three men dead.

 

• Damascus: Six murder crime left two women, three men and a child dead.

 

• Aleppo: One murder crime left a woman dead.

 

• Deir Ezzor: One murder crime left a man dead.

 

• Al-Hasakah: One murder crime left a woman dead.

 

• Al-Quneitra: One murder crime left a young man dead.

 

 

Daraa “the cradle of the Syrian Revolution:” Security chaos noticeably escalates

 

Incidents of security disorder, mainly armed attacks, in Daraa province escalated dramatically in March 2023, where SOHR documented 42 attacks in different areas throughout Daraa province. These attacks left 35 people dead; they are as follows:

 

• 11 civilians, including a child and a man accused of “involving in drug business.”

 

• 20 regime military personnel and “collaborators” with security services.

 

• One former fighter who did not join any military formation, after having struck a reconciliation deal.

 

• An ISIS member.

 

• One “collaborator” with Iranian-backed militias.

 

• An ex-fighter in the former Jabhat Al-Nusra.

 

 

Five assassinations and attacks target combatants

 

In March, SOHR documented five assassinations and attacks which targeted members of regime forces and security services in Al-Suwaidaa, Homs and Rif Dimashq provinces, which left many casualties. Here are further details:

 

• March 1: A collaborator with a checkpoint of the “Fourth Division” was killed and another was injured while collecting “truffle,” due to quarrel and verbal dispute with a group of regime soldiers, where the soldiers directly shot them at the checkpoint of “Bani Alawi Al-Fares” petrol station in Al-Sukhnah in Homs countryside. The injured man was taken to Palmyra hospital for treatment.

 

• March 7: A commander of an armed military group, which was close to the military intelligence service, was killed by a person over unknown dispute near Al-Omran roundabout in Al-Suwaidaa city. According to sources, the commander was involved in previous assassinations and a huge sum of USD was found in his car, where information about the gathering of his relatives in Al-Suwaidaa after his death was reported.

 

• March 9: A man accused of “spying for and collaborating with regime forces” was killed in Kafr Hour town in Al-Haramoun area in western Rif Dimashq.

 

• March 17: A commander of the National Defence was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in front of his house in Hawsh Arab town in Al-Qalmon Al-Gharby area in Rif Dimashq.

 

• March 19: A military commander in “Saraya Al-Quds” movement, the military wing of the “Islamic Jihad” movement, was assassinated earlier today in Rif Dimashq, where gunmen shot him in Dahiyat Qudsaya area in Rif Dimashq, before fleeing. “Saraya Al-Quds” announced the death of the commander who was called “Ali Ramzi Al-Aswad” and accused Israel for the murder, confirming that the crime holds “prints of Israeli occupation.”

 

 

Infightings in Al-Hasakah and Al-Suwaidaa

 

Regime-controlled areas experienced five family infightings in March: four in Al-Hasakah province and one in Al-Suwaidaa, which left casualties. Further details can be summarised as follows:

 

• March 1: Three civilians were injured due to family infighting in Jermiz village in east south of Al-Qamishly city within regime-held areas in Al-Hasakah countryside. According to SOHR sources, the dispute began when a person cut off the water of a sewage of his neighbour to irrigate his land, where the dispute led to using weapons.

 

• March 2: A dispute between two families in Al-Ghariyah town in Salkhad area in Al-Suwaidaa countryside. The dispute, which erupted for unknown reasons, evolved to clashes with arms and bladed weapons, which led to the death of a man and injury of his brother seriously.

 

• March 4: A civilian was killed and another was injured in heavy armed clashes erupted because of an old revenge among relatives from Khuwailed and Al-Bouab villages within regime-held areas in the eastern countryside of Al-Hasakah.

 

• March 27: A family infighting with light weapons was erupted between “Al-Bughram” and “Al-Bukrit” tribes due to an old vendetta in Hamo village in Al-Qamishly countryside within regime-held area. Only material damages were reported.

 

• March 27: A person was injured due to the eruption of clashes between “Abo Gharam” and “Al-Bokrait” tribes due to an old vendetta between them, in Hamo village within regime-held areas in eastern Al-Qameshly countryside.

 

Moreover, an explosion was documented in Al-Suwaidaa city on March 9 when a grenade was thrown on the air-force intelligence branch nearby Al-Anqoud roundabout at the northern entrance of the city. The explosion was followed by gunfire. A group headed by Sheikh “Bahaa Jamal” claimed responsibility for the attack, threatening to attack the police chief and the security committee in Al-Suwaidaa province with missiles in the case that they established security checkpoints on the outskirts of the city.

 

 

Explosion in Hama and attack in Homs

 

On March 17, an explosion rocked the regime-controlled town of Al-Suqaylabiyah in the western countryside of Hama, which left several people injured and they were taken to the hospital, amid a state of panic among residents. Sources suggested that the explosion was caused by the explosion of ammunitions near the town, but it is not known if the explosion was accidental or intentional.

 

On the same day, unidentified gunmen opened machinegun fire on the military intelligence station in Talbiseh city, near Homs-Hama highway, in the northern countryside of Homs. The attack left a guard of the military intelligence station injured, while the attackers ran away towards Al-Rastan city. According to SOHR sources, members of the military intelligence station and the nearby state security station were put on high alert in the site of the attack.

 

 

Tension in Rif Dimashq

 

On March 6, armed groups attacked a regime military patrol escorting a vehicle carrying prisoners on the road between Al-Zibdany and Midaya cities in northern Rif Dimashq, to release one of the prisoners from the vehicle, where he was working with a local group before being arrested.

 

According to reliable SOHR sources, several prisoners managed to flee during the attack, where members of the Military Intelligence Department responded by bringing military reinforcements to Al-Zibdany and Midaya cities, amid closure of all roads, entrances and exits of the area to search for fleeing prisoners.

 

Moreover, members of the Military Intelligence stormed houses of those fleeing in Midaya town and arrested five members of their families, stormed several houses in the town and violated the sanctity of the houses, and they were taken to security centres in Damascus.

 

The clashes resulted in the death of one of the attackers and a regime soldier.

 

While on March 9, clashes erupted between members of the “Military Intelligence” branch and a group of unidentified gunmen in Madaya plain area in Rif Dimashq near the house of one of the members who were accused of “setting free prisoners two days ago.” The “military Intelligence” branch broke into the suspect’s house to arrest him, amid information on causalities.

 

Also, on March 21, SOHR activists monitored heavy deployment of members of the military intelligence and state security services in the neighbourhoods of Al-Zabadani city in Rif Dimashq following the distribution of paper fliers with slogans written on them commemorating the 12^th anniversary of the Syrian Revolution. Some fliers were stuck on walls near the building of the region’s directorate. Some of those fliers read “the revolution is an idea, and ideas cannot die.” “Al-Assad must be overthrown.”

 

 

Dreadful humanitarian and living conditions push more Syrians to immigrate

 

The regime government has recently added onion to the list of items which residents can obtain at state-subsidies prices via smart cards at the halls of the “Syrian trade institution.” This coincides with the acute lack of onion on markets in regime-controlled areas and the failure of regime authorities to secure it or control its skyrocketing price. Onion is sold at the halls of the “Syrian trade institution” for 6,000 SYP, while it is sold on markets for 10,000 to 12,000 SYP.

 

This decision has triggered a state of criticism and discontent among civilians in regime-controlled areas, considering the decision as “humiliating,” as onion supposed to be readily available in Syria and a basic item used daily by Syrians.

 

Others expressed their discontent at the decision which coincided with the catastrophe of the devastating earthquake, which left thousands of Syrians dead, especially with the arrival of large amounts of humanitarian assistance from Arab and foreign countries.

 

Tens of pictures and video footages were circulated on social media, showing long queues of civilians in front of the halls of the “Syrian trade institution” to get their onion allowances via smart cards, where every civilian can take only one kilogram a week.

 

Some civilians post pictures on social media, which showed the low quality of onion sold via smart cards, confirming that that onion is inedible. People also stressed that they are forced to buy this onion, as greedy merchants stockpile onion and sell it at a double price.

 

On the other hand, the deteriorating living and security conditions in regime-controlled areas, especially in Al-Suwaidaa province, have forced tens of the residents to immigrate, where Al-Suwaidaa experienced mass immigration of Syrians to Lebanon with the aim of reaching South America and then to Europe.

 

According to SOHR sources, nearly 90 Syrian people travelled by buses to Lebanon in March to take a plane to Guyana in South America. After having reached Lebanon, their flight to Guyana postponed for a day, before the flight was postponed for another day because of procedures in Beirut airport. SOHR sources reported that some of the immigrants found themselves obligated to sell their properties, including houses, farmlands and cars, in order to secure money required for their trip which cost 5,000 to 6,000 USD a person.

 

On March 20, SOHR sources reported that members of the Russian military police stole diesel from T4 airbase in the eastern countryside of Homs and offered it on black markets in north Homs countryside.

 

Reliable SOHR sources confirmed that the Russian forces steal diesel twice a day, where they take 1,000 up to 1,500 liter in every time and sell them to merchants in northern Homs at double the price which is set by the regime government.

 

The transportation of diesel take place in coordination between members of the Russian military police and a man known as “Jaafar Jaafar” who is backed by the Lebanese Hezbollah and close to regime intelligence service.

 

 

Noticeable escalation of ISIS operations in Syrian desert

 

ISIS escalated its operations in the Syrian desert in March, carrying out 20 attacks which left 45 regime soldiers and proxy militiamen, including three Iranian-backed militiamen, dead, while ISIS lost seven members in clashes and security campaigns. In addition, 27 civilians were killed in the same period in ISIS attacks in the Syrian desert.

 

Here is a regional distribution of those attacks:

 

-Deir Ezzor desert: Six operations left 21 combatants and four ISIS members dead.

 

-Homs desert: Seven operations left 16 fatalities:

 

• 11 combatants, including three Iranian-backed militiamen.

 

• Four civilians.

 

• One ISIS member.

 

-Hama desert: Five operations left 33 fatalities: 12 combatants, 19 civilians and two ISIS members.

 

-Al-Raqqah desert: One operation left two fatalities: a combatant and a civilian.

 

-Aleppo desert: One operation left three civilians dead.

 

In this context, a large group comprising members of the National Defence Forces, Liwaa Al-Quds, Al-Qaterji militia and the 17^th Division headed on March 9 to Al-Bishri desert in the south-east of Al-Raqqah with the aim of launching a large-scale campaign against ISIS cells in that region.

 

While on March 22, SOHR sources reported that reinforcement of the Lebanese “Hezbollah” was brought in to Palmyra city from Homs. The reinforcement included tanks, personnel carriers and four-wheel-drive vehicles.

 

According to SOHR sources, regime reinforcement was sent to that region for launching a large-scale combing operation in the Syrian desert, starting from Palmyra, searching for ISIS cells. However, the reason behind sending reinforcement of the Lebanese Hezbollah remain unknown.

 

 

Ongoing Israeli and US strikes

 

As Israel and unidentified aircraft continue to violate Syria’s sovereignty, SOHR documented seven attacks in March: six by Israel and one by US aircraft, that left 34 people dead, many others injured and heavy material losses. Here are further details of these attacks:

 

• March 24: US fighter jets executed two rounds of airstrikes, targeting weapons and ammunitions warehouses in the “grain centre” and “rural development centre” opposite the “Officers Residences” in Harabesh neighbourhood in Deir Ezzor city and other positions in Al-Bokamal desert and on the southern outskirts of Al-Mayadeen city, killing 19 combatants: 11 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, five Iranian-backed non-Syrian militiamen and three regime soldiers.

 

• March 2: A regime military position to the north of Burj Al-Zira’a in “Bier Ajam” village near the Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line in the liberated part of the Syrian Golan came under attack with two shells fired by Israel tanks, but no causalities were reported.

 

• March 7: Israel targeted the runway and perimeter of Aleppo international airport with two rounds of missiles fired from the sea. Regime air-defences managed to intercept eight Israeli missiles, while three reached their targets: the main runway and perimeter: putting the airport out of service. The attack also killed three people: one Syrian officer and two unidentified persons.

 

• March 12: Israeli fighter jets struck an ammunitions warehouse affiliated to Iranian-backed militias in the western countryside of Masyaf and a position of regime air-defence forces between Hama and Tartys, killing three combatants: a captain who was killed in the air-defence forces’ position and two unidentified persons who were killed in the warehouse. The attack also left two persons injured and destroyed the warehouse.

 

• March 22: Israel targeted Aleppo international airport with six missiles, where five missiles hit their targets in the vicinity of the airport and a warehouse containing Iranian-made weapons. SOHR activists reported hearing loud explosions, while the airport was put out of service. The attack left four Iranian-backed militiamen, including two non-Syrians, dead.

 

• March 30: Five IRGC officers, including a senior officer, were killed in Israeli strikes on a building near Al-Motahalik Al-Janobi (the Southern Bypass) nearby Damascus following the arrival of Iranian-backed militiamen to that region. The attack also left a regime soldier injured and caused material losses.

 

• March 31: Israeli missile hit positions of regime forces and Iranian-backed militias in the area between Qatna and Jadidat Artouz in the south-west of the capital, Damascus. Meanwhile, SOHR activists reported hearing successive explosions in the area, as the missiles hit a weapons and ammunitions warehouse. Regime air defences managed to intercept at least one Israeli missile. However, no casualties were reported.

 

 

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has been all along warning against the repercussions of the crippling chronic crises and security chaos in regime-controlled areas and elsewhere in Syria, with only the Syrian regime to blame for the disastrous situation Syria is in right now. We, at the Syrian Observatory, call upon all international actors not to abandon their responsibility and obligations towards the people of Syria and urge them to find a lasting solution to the tragedy of millions of Syrians and bring Al-Assad, his affiliates and all those responsible for violations and those who aided and abetted the killing of Syrian people to justice.