I- Executive Summary:
SNHR documented not less than 38 committed massacres in January 2014, detailed as follows:
A- Government Forces (including security forces, army, local militias and foreign Shitte militias): committed 36 massacres
B- ISIL: committed one massacre
C- Unidentified Groups: committed one massacre
SNHR describes an incident as a massacre if it involves: “the killing of five unarmed people at least”, for more information on our methodology, please visit the following URL.
Massacres’ distribution according to the Syrian governorates:
Aleppo: 28 massacres
Homs: 4 massacres
Damascus Suburbs: 2 massacres
Hama: 1 massacre
Daraa: 1massacre
Idlib: 1 massacre
Raqqa: 1 massacre
