The documentation office of Syrian Press Center documented the names of 576 martyrs documented by name in the province of Raqqa since the beginning of Raqqa battle, announced by the Kurdish units supported by international coalition forces, the martyrs are:
– 143 children.
– 81 women.
– 6 medical cadres and medical personnel.
– 346 ordinary civilians.
We have been able to document the killing operations of civilians who are killed by the operator side that are involved in military operations in the province of Raqqa, which resulted in killing of civilians, as follows:
1. The air force of the International Coalition, which leads a campaign against ISIS, killed 220 people as a result of intensive air raids on the province and its countryside.
2. ISIS fighters killed 118 persons, as a result of the explosive mines earlier, artillery shelling and other killing operations .
3 – The killing of “96” people by the Kurdish units during its battles with ISIS fighters.
4. Russian aircraft killed 27 people as a result of aerial bombardment.
5. Eight people were killed by the regime as a result of military operations against ISIS fighters south of Raqqa.
6. Five people were killed as a result of lack of medicine, food and drowning.
* As for the massacres, there were “44” massacres throughout the province and its countryside.
– 35 massacres by international coalition aircraft.
– 4 massacres by Russian aviation.
4 – massacres by the Kurdish units.
– 1 massacre by regime forces.
* – The number of martyrs in the province of Raqqa reached to “850” persons documented by name during the first half of 2017, including “173” children and “112” women. According to the statistics of Documentation Office at the Syrian Press Center.
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