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Introduction and Citation:

This report covers the period from Sat 09-5-2015 until Fri 15-5-2015. However, it is worth point-

ing out the following:

1. Fatalities of the regime, the Army of National Defense (Shabiha), Lebanese Hizbullah, Iraqi and

Iranian Militias are not included in the reported death toll. The report only includes the victims

- which our center was able to document - at the hands of the regime in addition to a special list

of the victims who fell by the fires of either the Islamic State in Iraq and Sham (ISIS) or the co-

alition forces’ against ISIS if there is any. It doesn’t include numbers of victims at the hands of

other fighting brigades.

2. These figures are not final in any way, and they are subject to continuous and periodic scrutiny

by center’s activists, the data base administrators and the field documentation team.

3. Figures may differ between reports, even within the same district, and this can be referred to the

territorial audit that would reveal places of errors and faults, as well as the continuous follow up

to identify undistinguished bodies whenever they are identified.

First: Victims of the Week

During this period, the Violations Documentation Center in Syria was able to document (333) victims

in all the Syrian governorates, (279) of whom were documented by names, while (54) i.e. (16 %) of the

total, were unidentified bodies because they had turned into carnages, (13) victims were documented

by photos, while (41) victims were documented just by witnessing.

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Second: the Distribution of Victims according to Governorates

Aleppo governorate witnessed the fall of the largest number of victims, as the total number was (166

victims) i.e. (50 %), followed by Damascus suburbs (49 victims) i.e. (15 %), then Idlib (44) victims

i.e. (13 %) of the total number of victims.



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Third: the Distribution of victims according to Death Causes

(87) Victims i.e. (26 %) died as a result of fire shots and sniper bullets, whereas (163) victims i.e. (49

%) died because of air shelling and barrel bombs. Moreover, (46) victims i.e. (14 %) were killed be-

cause of artillery and mortar shelling.

VDC has also documented the death of (10) detainees under torture in detention centers on Syria and

we were able to document (2) victims have been identified by the families and activist whom they

recognized in Caesar report. Also, (18) victims i.e. (5) were killed as a result of bombing. While there

were (5) victims dead due to lack of food and due the siege.



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Fourth: the Distribution of Victims according to the Days of the Week

Tuesday 12-5-2015 witnessed the fall of the largest number of victims, when (76) of them fell i.e. (23

%) of the total. After that, Wednesday 13-5-2015 when (75) of them fell i.e. (22.50 %) of the total.

Then Friday 15-5-2015 witnessed the fall of (45).

49% 14%26%



32

Adult Female

19

Child Female

247

Adult Male

35

Child Male

Fifth: the Distribution of victims according to Gender:

The number of reported male adult victims is (247), i.e. (74 %) of the total; the number of male chil-

dren victims is (35), i.e. (10.50 %); the number of adult females is (32), i.e. (10 %) and the number

of female children is (19).

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Sixth: the Distribution of Victims according to the Category (Civilian/ Non-civilian)

(236) civilian victims were reported i.e. (71%) of the total, and also (97) fighters fell i.e. (29%) one

of them is a child.

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%55

Adult

%29

Adult Male

%16

Child

%0.3

Child Male

71%

Civilian

29%

Noncivilian

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Seventh: Victims at the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS)

During this week, Violations Documentation Center has documented more than (19) victims at

the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS/Daash), at least (2) of them are civilians.

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