I- Executive Summary
SNHR documented not less than 39 massacres committed in April 2014, detailed as follows:
A- Government forces (army, security forces, local militias, and foreign Shiite militias) killed committed 33 massacres
B- Extremist Islamic Groups (An-Nusra Front) committed 2 massacres
C- Armed Opposition Groups committed 3 massacres
D- Unidentified Groups committed 1 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.
Classification of the massacres according to Syrian governorates:
Aleppo: 21 massacres
Damascus suburbs: 8 massacres
Homs: 6 massacres
Idlib: 2 massacres
Daraa: 1 massacre
Damascus 1 massacre
