A- Executive Summary:
SNHR documented no less than 35 massacres in March 2015 committed-by as follows:
1. Government forces: 32 Massacres
2. Extremist groups:
a. ISIS: 2 Massacres
The massacres were committed-in as follows:
Idlib 10, Rural Damascus 9, Daraa 6, Aleppo 4, Deir Az-Zour 3, Homs 1, Hasakah 1, Hama 1.
According to SNHR documentation these massacres have killed 479 victims including 131 children and 77 women, which means that 43 % of the victims are women and children and this is a very high percentage and it is an indication that most of this massacres were committed against civilians.
The death toll of the massacres’ victims as to who killed them is the following:
– Government forces: 340 individuals including 102 children and 49 women
– Extremist groups: – ISIS: 122 individuals including 24 children and 26 women
– Armed opposition: 17 individuals including 5 children and 2 women
