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1,864 Civilians Including Six Media Workers and 21 Medical and Civil Defense Personnel, Documented Killed in Syria in the First Half of 2019, in addition to 159 persons who died due to torture at the hands of the main perpetrator parties to the conflict in Syria, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said in a reported released at the beginning of current month.
The report records the deaths of 1,864 civilians in the first half of 2019, including 468 children and 285 women (adult female). This figure is broken down according to the perpetrators in each case, with 891 of the civilians, including 211 children and 136 women, killed at the hands of Syrian Regime forces, while 149 civilians, including 34 children and 21 women, were killed at the hands of Russian forces, and 107 civilians were killed at the hands of Extremist Islamist groups, of whom ISIS killed 82 civilian, including 11 children and seven women, while Hay’at Tahrir al Sham killed 25 civilians, including four children.
The report also documents the deaths of 14 civilians, including six children and one woman at the hands of factions of the Armed Opposition, while Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces killed 99 civilians, including 33 children and 10 women. The report also documents 73 civilians, including 28 children and three women, killed at the hands of other parties.
The report also documents the deaths of 64 civilians, including 20 children and 17 women, at the hands of International Coalition forces in the first half of 2019, while 540 civilians, including 149 children and 93 women, were killed at the hands of other parties.
The report records that among the victims were 15 of the medical personnel killed in the first half of 2019, 11 of whom were killed by Syrian Regime forces, while International Coalition forces and Hay’at Tahrir al Sham killed one each, and two were killed at the hands of other parties.
According to the report, four medical personnel were documented killed in June, three of whom at the hands of Syrian Regime forces, and one at the hands of other parties.
Lastly, the report stresses the need for international organizations to develop urgent operational plans to secure decent shelter for internally displaced persons.