11 people killed, including child, in Syria

Eleven people, including a child, were killed under various circumstances and in different areas across Syria over the past 24 hours, amid escalating insecurity and ongoing suffering due to the lack of stability.

11 people killed, including child, in Syria
16 May, 2025   10:17
NEWSDESK

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, 11 people, including a child, were killed in different areas across Syria during the past 24 hours, as the state of lawlessness continues.

In the city of Homs, five bodies were found near the Rabia junction, some showing signs of torture. It was revealed that the victims were from the western countryside of Homs and had been attacked by armed groups while working in agricultural fields.

Another incident occurred in the city of Talkalakh in the Homs countryside, where a man was shot dead in front of his house by an unknown assailant on a motorcycle.

In the occupied city of Sere Kaniye / Ras al-Ain, residents found the body of one of the “al-Amshat” mercenaries, originally from Deir ez-Zor. The body had gunshot wounds, and the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear.

In the city of Daraa, a young man from Homs, who had been residing for years in the town of Tafas in the countryside, was killed by a gunshot from an unknown source.

In Hama, a person was killed in the South al-Malaab neighborhood after being directly shot by unidentified gunmen.

In the Aleppo countryside, a person was killed by a stray bullet during a wedding celebration.

In the city of Shahba, north of As-Suwayda, a young girl died from a gunshot wound to the head. The bullet was accidentally fired from a weapon that was in the possession of another child who was playing with it in the Al-Ashaer neighborhood.

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