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Violence Incidents in Four Syrian Provinces... And Human Rights Calls to Stop Violations
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The casualty figures documented by the Syrian Observatory confirm the need for international supervision to ensure a transition that protects Syrian diversity and prevents repeated violations
Human rights organizations have monitored a series of individual and collective violence incidents in the Syrian coastal region since the political change the country witnessed on December 8, 2024, resulting in civilian casualties including women and children, reflecting the ongoing state of security breakdown.
The Syrian Observatory has counted 2,161 victims of violence in the Syrian coast and neighboring areas since the change of political authority, including incidents documented in March, distributed across provinces as follows: Latakia 926, Tartous 588, Hama 422, and Homs 225.
The human rights report recorded 486 deaths from December 8 to April 14, resulting from individual and collective acts of violence, noting that the death toll during the period from December 8 to the end of December reached 108 people, including women and children.
The report detailed human casualties since the date of political change, distributed as follows: in Homs 33 victims (32 men and one woman), in Hama 49 victims (47 men and two women), in Latakia 20 victims (one woman and 19 men), and in Tartous 6 victims (5 men and one child).
The figures for the current year were distributed as follows: in January 167 people including 3 women and a child, in February 78 people including two women and a child, in March 93 people including two women and 3 children, and in April 40 victims including two children and one woman.
Statistics indicated that violence incidents between March 6 and April 14 resulted in 1,676 civilian casualties in 62 documented violence incidents in the Syrian coast and mountainous regions, distributed across provinces as follows: Latakia 866, Tartous 525, Hama 272, and Homs 13.
The Syrian Observatory considered that the continuation of violations without deterrence multiplies the suffering of civilians and establishes an unfortunate situation that portends worsening chaos and insecurity in Syria, emphasizing the need for urgent intervention to hold those responsible for these acts accountable and put an end to the security breakdown overshadowing the Syrian scene.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights called for an end to the serious violations committed by armed groups in various regions, stressing that these practices constitute a grave breach of international laws and human rights, and increase the burdens on civilians who bear the greatest cost.
Experts in Syrian affairs indicate that these events clearly show the shortcomings of the centralized model of governance and its inability to provide protection for all Syrian components, confirming the urgent need to adopt a constitution that ensures fair representation for all components and protects everyone's rights, away from the unilateral approach that has proven its failure over decades.
