Two men, one named as Hasan Khalil Bakrish, and another identified as Arabic Language teacher Jehad Saeed Deeb, were killed on December 31, 2021, when fixed-wing warplanes, which we believe were Russian, fired missiles at a poultry barn and adjacent house in north Kafr Daryan village in the northern suburbs of Idlib governorate. The bombardment also severely damaged the barn’s structure and killed a number of domestic fowl.
SNHR notes that this shelling breaches the ceasefire agreement reached following consultations between the Turkish and Russian presidents, which came into effect on March 6, 2020.
Through this action, Russian forces have, without doubt, committed another violation of Security Council resolutions 2139 and 2254 which prohibit any further indiscriminate attacks, as well as violating the rules of international humanitarian law which stress the distinction between civilians and combatants. Attacks of this nature spread terror and panic among civilians, leading them to flee their lands and homes in an attempt to reach safety, and forcibly displacing them, with the number of internally displaced persons within Syria currently standing at approximately 6.5 million Syrian citizens in total. The international community should put pressure on the Syrian regime and its allies to force them to compensate the displaced victims, rehabilitate homes and vital centers, support the process of political transition, and press all parties to pursue implementation of political transition according to a strict timetable which must not exceed six months, thus enabling millions of refugees and IDPs to return homes.
Photo showing the two victims, Hasan Bakrish, the owner of the poultry barn which was bombed by Russian forces, and the teacher Jehad Deeb, who was living in the house adjacent to the barn.
Photo showing destruction to the poultry barn caused by Russian forces’ bombardment.
