Syrian Government’s Use of Barrel Bombs in August 2015

Description

View this email in your browser ( http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7c6574f596e33a04db38505a1&id=a337561fd2&e=04133e37a7 )
http://sn4hr.org "> http://sn4hr.org
http://sn4hr.org "> http://sn4hr.org /?p=11843


** Syrian Government’s Use of Barrel Bombs in August 2015 1591 Barrel Bombs Killed 115 Individuals, including 37 Children and 31 Women ( http://sn4hr.org "> http://sn4hr.org /?p=11843)
------------------------------------------------------------
Introduction
By daily observing and recording the violations after the beginning of the popular protests in March 2011, we found out that first significant use of barrel bombs by government forces (Military forces, security forces, local militias, and foreign Shiite militias) was on Monday 1 October, 2012 in Idlib – Silqean town where a helicopter dropped a barrel bomb on a two-floor residential building which collapsed completely and 32 civilians, including seven women and seven children, were killed in addition to 120 others who were injured as shrapnel scattered everywhere. It is worth noting that this might not be the first time barrel bombs were used but it was the first time it was used in such a notable manner. The international community was not familiar with that kind of weapon yet. Barrel bombs are random weapons and locally made, since it is less expensive and causes massive destruction and a great loss of lives. 99% of the casualties are civilians, where the percentage of
targeted women and children ranges between 12 and 35%.
More.. ( http://sn4hr.org "> http://sn4hr.org /?p=11843)
http://sn4hr.org "> http://sn4hr.org
https://www.facebook.com/snhr
https://twitter.com/snhr
https://plus.google.com/+Sn4hrOrg/posts
http://www.youtube.com/user/SN4HR
https://instagram.com/snhr.snhr
mailto:info@sn4hr.org

============================================================
You’re receiving this newsletter because you’ve subscribed to our Newsletter.
Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe instantly.

Copyright © 2015 Syrian Network For Human Rights, All rights reserved.
Syrian Network For Human Rights
Our Email address:
info@sn4hr.org
** unsubscribe from this list ( http://sn4hr.us3.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7c6574f596e33a04db38505a1&id=ed1febbd28&e=04133e37a7&c=a337561fd2 )
** update subscription preferences ( http://sn4hr.us3.list-manage.com/profile?u=7c6574f596e33a04db38505a1&id=ed1febbd28&e=04133e37a7 )