[The following report is the latest from the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Syria.]
This report documents dozens of extrajudicial executions, killings of civilians, and destruction of civilian property that qualify as war crimes, as well as arbitrary detention and torture. The report is based on a field investigation conducted by Human Rights Watch in the towns of Taftanaz, Saraqeb, Sarmeen, Kelly, and Hazano in Idlib governorate in late April.
Human Rights Watch documented large-scale military operations that government forces conducted between 22 March and 6 April 2012, in opposition strongholds in Idlib governorate, causing the death of at least 95 civilians. In each attack, government security forces used numerous tanks and helicopters, and then moved into the towns and stayed from one to three days before proceeding to the next town.
3 May 2012
[Click here to download the fulll report in English or Arabic.]