Despite the truce, the month of May takes the lives of about 980 civilians including 87 persons killed in the “de-escalation zones”

Despite the truce, the month of May takes the lives of about 980 civilians including 87 persons killed in the “de-escalation zones”

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 2311 persons during the month of May 2017, they were distributed as following:

Civilian casualties: 840 including 181 children under the age of eighteen, and 138 citizen women over the age of eighteen, and they were killed as follows:

112 including 36 children and 21 citizen women were killed in raids by Syrian and Russian warplanes and by regime’s helicopters on several areas of Syria.

43 including 6 children and 7 citizen women were killed in shelling by the regime forces using rocket and artillery shells, missiles believed to be ground-to-ground, targeting and sniper bullets.

7 citizens were killed under torture in Syrian security prisons.

11 including a child and 1 citizen woman and 8 children were killed in targeting and the fall of mortar shells launched by the rebel and Islamic factions.

A man was killed in shelling by the Turkish Forces.

11 including a child and a citizen woman were killed by the fire of the Turkish and Jordanian border guards.

114 including 15 child and14 citizen women were executed by the “Islamic State” organization.

85 including 20 children and 4 citizen women were killed in the fall of shells launched by the “Islamic State” organization and by the fire of its machineguns.

1 man was killed by the Islamic factions.

293 including 62 children and 63 citizen women were killed in airstrikes by the warplanes of the international coalition.

21 including a child and 3 citizen women were killed in the detonating of cars and booby trapped vehicles.

4 including 1 child were killed by Syria Democratic Forces.

82 including 19 children and 10 citizen women were killed in landmine explosions.

48 including 4 children and 5 citizen women were killed in unknown circumstances.

6 citizen including 2 children were killed during clashes between the Islamic Factions.

Also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 136 persons including 42 children under the age of eighteen, they are: 106 persons including 42 children of family members of the “Islamic State” organization were killed in shelling by the “Islamic State” organization on al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, and 16 of the organization’s families were killed in bombing by warplanes (it is unknown whether they were Russian warplanes or regime’s warplanes), and 14 Iraqi persons were killed in airstrikes by International Coalition on al-Bokamal.

Syrian fighters of the rebel and Islamic Factions and the Syria Democratic Forces and other movements and organizations: 473

The regime forces: 136

Members of popular the committees, NDF and gunmen loyal to the regime of Syrian nationality: 157

Fighters of the Lebanese Hezbollah: 9

Fighters loyal to the regime of non-Syrian nationalities, most of them are of the Shiite sect: 29

Unidentified: 18

Fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions, the “Islamic State” organization, Jabhat Al-Nusra (Al-Qaeda organization in the Levant), Jaysh al-Mohajereen Wa al-Ansar and the Islamic Turkestan Party of non-Syrian nationalities: 495