139 people, including women and children, killed in Syria

At least 139 people have been killed in Syria in the past 24 hours in various incidents ranging from firing squad, mine explosion, and indiscriminate shooting.

139 people, including women and children, killed in Syria
12 March, 2025   09:20
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At least 139 people have been killed in various parts of Syria in the past 24 hours by summary executions, gunfire or explosive remnants of war.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing of 132 people by firing squad, 72 in the city of Tartous and its countryside, and 60 in the city of Latakia and its countryside, including 3 women and a child.

Following the explosion of landmines left over from war, a person was killed while working as a sheep herding in the Uqayribat area of the eastern Hama countryside, while a child was killed in the town of Balaliya, in the city of Douma.

Two people were also killed after being shot directly by two gunmen on a motorcycle while they were in front of a mosque in Aleppo's Zabadiya neighbourhood.

As parents celebrated the agreement between the SDF and Damascus, two children were killed in Hama and Idlib, while a third person was killed in Deir ez-Zor by stray bullets.

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