The Syrian Network for Human Rights reveals the number of victims of extrajudicial killings in Syria during the first half of 2025

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said in a report released today that 2,818 people were killed in Syria in the first half of 2025, including 201 children, 194 women, and 17 victims of torture.

Also documented the deaths of 140 civilians in June 2025, including 10 children, 15 women, and one victim of torture.

The 29-page report monitors the death toll in the first half of 2025 and June 2025, highlighting victims who died due to torture, medical personnel, media personnel, and civil defense personnel, as well as the toll of massacres committed by parties to the conflict.

The report also addresses the work undertaken by the Syrian Network for Human Rights in documenting extrajudicial killings.

The report was based on continuous monitoring of incidents and sources, as well as a broad network of contacts including dozens of diverse sources, in addition to analysis of photos and videos.

This report includes victims whose deaths the team was able to document during the first half of 2025 and the past month.

Some documented deaths may have occurred months or years ago, so the date of documentation and the estimated date of the incident are included.

This takes into account the radical shift in power and control following the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024.

The report noted that despite the fall of the Assad regime, we continue to document the deaths of civilians at the hands of Assad forces in various forms, whether due to pro-Assad militias, the explosion of unexploded ordnance and cluster munitions from previous bombing, or the deaths of civilians who were injured during previous Assad forces’ bombing and subsequently died.

The report documented the killing of 2,818 people, including 201 children and 194 women, in the first half of 2025. Of these, 50 civilians, including 2 children and 2 women, were killed by the transitional government forces, and 8 civilians, including 5 children and 1 woman, were killed by the Assad regime forces.

It also documented the killing of 40 civilians, including 11 children and 9 women, by the Syria Democratic Forces.

The Syrian National Army also killed 5 civilians, including 2 children and 1 woman, and it also documented the killing of 1,217 people, including 51 children and 63 women, by armed forces participating in the military operations in the Syrian coast last March.

The report also documented the killing of 445 people, including 9 children and 21 women, by armed groups outside the framework of the state affiliated with the Assad regime, and the killing of one child by the international coalition, and it also documented the killing of 27 civilians, including 1 woman, by Israeli forces.

The report also documented the killing of five civilians at the hands of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia.

The report also recorded the killing of 1,020 civilians, including 120 children and 96 women, at the hands of parties we were unable to identify.

The report indicated that Latakia Governorate accounted for approximately 22% of the total number of victims, followed by Tartous Governorate with approximately 13%, most of whom were killed by the parties involved in the coastal operation.

The report also documented the deaths of 17 people under torture in the first half of 2025, including one at the hands of Assad’s regime forces, 10 at the hands of the transitional government, and five at the hands of the Syria Democratic Forces.

It also documented the deaths of one person under torture at the hands of the National Army.

The report documented the killing of 41 medical personnel in the first half of 2025, one of whom was killed by non-state armed groups affiliated with the Assad regime, 32 by forces participating in the military operations in the coastal region in March, three by gunfire from unidentified parties, three by Turkish forces, and two by unidentified parties.

The report also documented the killing of two media personnel, one by gunfire from an unidentified source, and one by unidentified parties.

The report documented the killing of four civil defense personnel, three by landmine explosions, and one by gunfire from unidentified parties.

The report also documented 73 massacres in the first half of 2025 at the hands of parties to the conflict and controlling forces.

According to the report, the Syrian Network for Human Rights recorded at least 50 attacks on vital civilian facilities in the first half of 2025.

Aleppo Governorate was the most affected, recording 18 incidents, followed by Latakia Governorate with 8 incidents.

Among these attacks, we documented 3 attacks on educational facilities (schools), 8 on medical facilities, and 7 on places of worship (mosques and churches).

The report recorded the death toll for June 2025, as the Syrian Network for Human Rights documented the killing of 140 civilians, including 10 children and 15 women, at the hands of the parties to the conflict and the controlling forces in Syria.

Seven civilians, including two women, were killed by the Transitional Government forces, one civilian by the Syria Democratic Forces, and two civilians by Israeli forces.

It also recorded the killing of 130 civilians, including 10 children and 13 women, at the hands of parties we were unable to identify.

The report recorded the killing of 1 person due to torture in June by the transitional government.

The report also documented the killing of one medical worker (a woman) by gunfire from unidentified parties.

The report also recorded two massacres in June: one by gunfire from unidentified parties, and one by bombings whose perpetrators we were unable to identify.

The report documented five attacks on vital civilian facilities, concentrated in the governorates of Damascus, Homs, Lattakia, Quneitra, and al Suwayda.

Among these attacks, we documented one attack on an educational facility (school), and two on places of worship.

The report indicated that the Syrian Network for Human Rights documented the killing of 22 civilians during June 2025 after their bodies were found in locations suspected of being used as mass graves or hiding places for victims’ bodies, such as water wells or abandoned buildings.

Initial information indicates that these crimes occurred prior to the fall of the Bashar al Assad regime on December 8, 2024, and date back to various phases of the armed conflict in Syria.