Documentation Office in Syrian Press Center (SPC), has documented in the second week of September 19 massacres in opposition factions-held areas, most of them took place in the governorate of Deir Azzor, in the wake of bombardment by regime forces, its Russian ally and the air force of the International Coalition which is launching campaign to fight ISIS in the provinces of Raqqa and Deir Azzor.
*- The massacres according to perpetrator, are classified as follows:
– The military fighters of the International Coalition, which are launching a campaign to fight ISIS, committed 6 massacres with a death toll of 48 martyrs in the governorates of Raqqa and Deir Ezzor.
– Warplanes of the Russian air force through intense airstrikes committed 6 massacres with a death toll of 62 martyrs in most the Syrian governorates.
– Regime forces through their military operations, artillery shelling and airstrikes committed 6 massacres with a death toll of 53 martyrs.
– ISIS through artillery bombardment committed 1 massacre with a death toll of 5 martyrs.
*- The massacres according to governorate, are classified as follows:
– 15 massacres took place in Deir Ezzor province, including:
▪ 6 massacres were committed by the Russian air force, with a death toll of 62 martyrs.
▪ 5 massacres were committed by the fighting jets of regime forces, with a death toll of 49 martyrs.
▪ 3 massacres were committed by the fighting jets of the International Coalition, with a death toll of 23 martyrs.
▪ 1 massacre was committed by ISIS, with a death toll of 5 martyrs.
– While it was documented that 3 massacres took place in Raqqa province, committed by the military fighters of the International Coalition with a death toll of 25 martyrs.
– 1 massacre committed by regime forces, took place in Idlib province as regime forces launched shelling with rocket launchers, with a death toll of 4 martyrs.
*- It is worthy to mention that the massacres numbering 291, which took place in the first half of 2017, included 106 massacres by the fighting jets of the International Coalition, where the massacres committed in the governorates of Raqqa and Deir Azzor reached 110.
*- Besides, the massacres that happened in last August reached 31ones, including 19 massacres by the fighting jets of International Coalition, with a total death toll of 456 martyrs, according to a statistic by Documentation Office in Syrian Press Center.
Translated by Sabah Najem
Documentation Office _ Syrian Press Center
