children and armed conflict in the syrian arab republic

The report documents that 186 civilians, including 45 children and 29 women, were killed by factions from the armed opposition in 2017 who were either killed by executions, indiscriminate shelling, or torture. Out of the 1,421 civilians killed by ISIS, 281 were children and 148 women whereas Hay’at Tahrir al Sham killed two children and one woman. 2017 saw international coalition forces surpassing Russian forces in terms of civilian death numbers as international coalition forces killed 1,759 civilians, including 521 children and 332 women.įurther, the report records that Self-Management forces killed 316 civilians, including 58 children and 54 women, while Extremist Islamic groups killed 1,446 civilians, including 1,421 civilians killed by ISIS while the remaining 25 civilians were killed by Hay’at Tahrir al Sham. Of those, 4,148 civilians were killed by Syrian regime forces, including 754 children and 591 women while 1,436 civilians, including 439 children and 284 women, were killed by Russian forces. The report documents the killing of 10,204 civilians, including 2,298 children and 1,536 women (adult female) at the hands of the parties to the conflict. Also, the report evaluates the fallout of the conflict with regard to the distribution of areas of control in 2017 which saw a significant expansion in territories for the Syrian-Russian-Iranian alliance forces at the expense of ISIS and factions from the armed opposition. In addition, the report includes a comparison between the most notable patterns of human rights violations for 20. The report sheds light on the political and military developments that occurred in the Syrian scene in 2017.

The report monitors the most notable violations of human rights by the parties to the conflict in Syria of the last year. SNHR has released its annual special report for the year 2017 which was entitled: “A Displaced People and a State Left in Ruins”.

Children and armed conflict in the syrian arab republic