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A Report on 2012'S Most Notable Massacres SNHR is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit, human rights organization that was founded in June 2011. SNHR is a Tuesday 1 January 2013 certified source for the United Nation in all of its statistics. A Report on 2012’s Most Notable Massacres These are the massacres that SNHR team was able to document over the course of the year. However, it should be noted that there are tens of massacres, where we couldn’t contact residents or visit the site where the crime took place. The overall death toll of these massacres is 2469 victims. A large portion of those victims were killed in extremely brutal field-execution such as slaughter using knives, shooting inside the mouth, or burning to death. - Esheira neighborhood massacre Date: March 9, 2012 – March 11, 2012 Victim count: 224 The massacre took place in Homs governorate, and was carried out through shell- ing, field-executions, and slaughters by the Syrian army. - Al Rastan massacre Date: April 4, 2012 Victim count: 11 The massacre took place in Homs governorate, and was carried out using phosphor- ic and chemical shells by the Syrian army. - Al Bayyada massacre Date: April 12, 2012 Victim count: 8 This massacre took place in Homs governorate, and was carried out using guns by the Syrian army - Al Shammas neighborhood massacre Date: May 5, 2012 – June 16, 2012 Victim count: 14 This massacre took place in Homs governorate, and was carried out through arrests and field-executions by the Syrian army 1 www.sn4hr.org - [email protected] - Al Houla massacre Date: May 26, 2012 Victim count: 109 This massacre took place in Homs governorate, where Shabiha from pro-regime villages raided al Houla city, with the support of the Syrian army, and killed civil- ians and disfigured their dead bodies inside their houses. - Al Ma’mal al Samad massacre Date: May 31, 2012 Victim count: 12 This massacre took place in al Qseir city, where Syrian army forces held an employ- ee bus at Ma’mal al Samad (Fertilizer Plant) and tortured and killed people onboard. - Deir Ez-Zour massacre Date: June 6, 2012 Victim count: 31 This massacre took place in Deir Ez-Zour governorate, as the Syrian army shelled houses and a demonstration - Hamouriya massacre Date: June 2, 2012 Victim count: 9 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, as Syrian army forces raided Hamouriya city and field-executed and slaughtered civilians - Saqba massacre Date: June 6, 2012 Victim count: 19 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, as Syrian army forces field-executed and slaughtered civilians using knives - Douma massacre Date: June 16, 2012 Victim count: 8 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate through a shelling by the Syrian army 2 www.sn4hr.org - [email protected] - Salah al Din massacre Date: June 22, 2012 Victim count: 8 This massacre took place in Aleppo governorate, as Syrian security forces opened fire at demonstrators - Al Hama massacre Date: June 26, 2012 Victim count: 21 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, as snipers from Syrian security forces shot demonstrators - Al Hbeit massacre Date: June 27, 2012 Victim count: 13 This massacre took place in Idlib governorate, as the Syrian army shelled a popu- lated building - Zamalka massacre Date: June 30, 2012 Victim count: 72 Syrian army warplanes bombed civilians who were at a funeral for some victims - Mesraba massacre Date: July 4, 2012 Victim count: 30, only 16 names were documented This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, as the Syrian army arrested and then field-executed the detainees - Al Sheikh Miskeen massacre Date: July 7, 2012 Victim count: 25, only 17 names were documented This massacre took place in Daraa governorate, was the result of a shelling by the Syrian regime on al Sheikh Miskeen, in addition to field-execution 3 www.sn4hr.org - [email protected] - Al Treimsa massacre Date: July 12, 2012 Victim count: Tens, only 67 names were documented This massacre took place in Hama governorate, as the Syrian army and Shabihas carried out a shelling, field-executions, and slaughters - Al Qaboun neighborhood massacre Date: July 16, 2012 – August 1, 2012 Victim count: 96 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, as the Syrian army carried out a shelling and field-executions - Hama city massacre Date: July 16, 2012 Victim count: 49 This massacre took place in Hama governorate, and was carried out through shell- ing, opening fire, and field-executions - Al Sayda Zainab massacre Date: July 18, 2012 Victim count: 170, only 117 names were documented This massacre was a shelling by Syrian regime on a gathering of civilians at a funer- al for a victim in al Sayda Zainab neighborhood in Damascus suburbs governorate - Irbeen massacre Date: July 19, 2012 Victim count: 28, only 11 were documented This massacre was the result of a shelling by the Syrian regime in Irbeen city in Damascus suburbs governorate - Al Shari’a village massacre Date: July 24, 2012 Victim count: 16 This massacre took place in Hama governorate, as Syrian security forces opened fire at demonstrators 4 www.sn4hr.org - [email protected] - Mu’adamiyat al Sham massacre Date: July 28, 2012-July 29, 2012 Victim count: 80 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, and was carried out through shelling, sniping, and field-executions by the Syrian army - Zour al Hisa massacre Date: August 5, 2012 Victim count: 10 This massacre took place in Hama governorate, as Syrian army forces opened fire randomly - Jarjisa massacre Date: August 7, 2012 Victim count: 13 This massacre took place in Hama governorate, and was caused by indiscriminate shelling - Al Shammas neighborhood Date: August 11, 2012 Victim count: 22 This massacre took place in Homs governorate, Homs city specifically, as Shabihas arrested a number of civilians and then field-executed them after torturing and de- grading them - Yalda massacre Date: August 13, 2012 Victim count: 67 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, and was carried out shelling and field-executions by the Syrian army - Darayya massacre Date: August 20, 2012- August 21, 2012 Victim count: 524 documented by name, in addition to other victims who haven’t been identified This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, and was carried out through shelling, raids, field-executions, and torture 5 www.sn4hr.org - [email protected] - Mu’adamiyat al Sham massacre Date: August 21, 2012 Victim count: 86 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate. 55 of the massacre vic- tims were killed through shelling and field-executions, while the remaining 16 were killed by the shelling on the funeral that was held for the initial 55 victims. - Kafr Nobbol massacre Date: August 28, 2012 Victim count: 18 This massacre took place in Idlib governorate, as Syrian army warplanes bombed Kafr Nobbol city - Kafr Batna massacre Date: September 1, 2012 Victim count: 36, 34 names were documented, as two dead bodies haven’t been identified This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate, as a makeshift hospital was shelled and raided, while a number of wounded were killed, in addition to raid- ing houses and carrying out field-executions - Al Fan al Shamali massacre Date: September 2, 2012 Victim count: 31 This massacre took place in Hama governorate, as Syrian army forces raided the village and arrested a number of youths who were later field-executed - Der al Asafir massacre Date: September 7, 2012 Victim count: 18 This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs through shelling and field-executions - Aleppo city massacre Date: September 8, 2012 Victim count: 43 This massacre took place in Aleppo governorate, as Syrian army MiG warplanes bombed the city 6 www.sn4hr.org - [email protected] - Kafr Zita massacre Date: September 11, 2012 Victim count: 12 This massacre took place in Hama governorate, as the Syrian army bombed Kafr Zita city with TNT barrel bombs - Kafr Aweed massacre Date: September 16, 2012 Victim count: 10 This massacre took place in Idlib governorate, as the Syrian army bombed Kafr Aweed town with TNT barrel bombs - al Arba’in neighborhood massacre Date: September 19, 2012 Victim count: 26 This massacre took place in Hama governorate, as the Syrian army carried out a number of field-executions and then burned the dead bodies - The children massacre Date: September 22, 2012 Victim count: 8 This massacre took place in al Bab city, Aleppo governorate, as the Syrian army targeted a civilian car using heavy machine guns - Al Thyabiya massacre Date: September 26, 2012 Victim count: 107, only 37 were identified This massacre took place in Damascus suburbs governorate through artillery shell- ing, house raids, field-executions, and slaughters using knives - Deir Ez-Zour governorate Date: September 26, 2012 Victim count: 15 This massacre took place in Deir Ez-Zour governorate, and was carried out by the Syrian army warplanes 7 www.sn4hr.org - [email protected] - Salqin massacre Date: October 1, 2012 Victim count: 32 This massacre took place in Idlib governorate, as Salqin city was bombed with TNT barrel bombs - Karm al Jabal massacre Date: October 1, 2012 Victim count: 17 This massacre took place in Aleppo governorate, as a residential building was shelled by Syrian army tanks - Ma’aret al Nu’man massacre Date: October 18, 2012 Victim count: 40 This massacre took place in Idlig governorate, as Syrian army MiG warplanes bombed Ma’arat al Nu’man city - Al Qobour massacre Date: October 19, 2012 Victim count: 84, only 13 names were identified This massacre took place in
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