Rampant chaos and insecurity caused nine casualties in Syria 

Since the inception of the civil war in Syria in 2011 and the subsequent brutish crackdown by the Al-Assad regime, the country has rapidly plunged into a quagmire of sheer violence, political fragmentation, lack of security, and economic collapse.

Since then, the situation has continuously deteriorated with violence currently at its peak, particularly in the still regime-controlled areas. In the wake of the latest crimes, committed in the cities of Aleppo, Homs, and Dar’aa, local activists depicted the situation as resembling a „jungle scenario“, thus, indicating that the country is beset by lawlessness and mayhem.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored eight crimes, all perpetrated in the cities of Aleppo, Homs, and Dar’aa, resulting in the death of nine people, including women. All civilians were killed by gunmen, likely members of the regime and Iranian-affiliated militias.

Another incident occurred on December 05, 2023, when an armed militia, known as „Shuja Al-Ali and supported by a Lebanese party, executed a 30-year-old woman and her child in front of its other three siblings in the village of Shin, located in the countryside of Homs.

Since the beginning of this month, 17 cases of homicide have been registered in Dar’aa and Damascus, hence, constituting an alarming rise in killings whereby all victims were civilians, Russian and Syrian soldiers, belonging to the General Intelligence Department as well as drug traders.

Pursuant to local sources, since the beginning of the current month, 141 civilians were killed in Damascus and Dar’aa, mostly by drug traders and members of government forces. In total, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing of 160 members of the Damascus-affiliated forces, 12 ISIS members and two leaders of the Lebanese Hisbollah as well as a members of Iranian-affiliated forces.