On October 5, 2023, Syrian regime forces fired two consecutive anti-armour thermal rockets at a house in al-Wasata village to the north of Kafr Nouran town in western rural Aleppo governorate. The bombardment resulted in a massacre, killing five civilians from the same family – one woman and four of her children- and wounding another woman. The family had settled in the village after being internally displaced from Einjara town in western rural Aleppo governorate. The area is under the joint control of armed opposition factions and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that through this and other similar acts, Syrian regime forces have categorically violated Security Council resolutions 2139 & 2254, which prohibit indiscriminate attacks.
Syrian regime forces have violated the rules of international humanitarian law on distinguishing between civilians and fighters. Such attacks aim solely to spread fear and panic among civilians.
Photo exclusive to SNHR of the dead bodies of the family that were killed in the massacre at the hands of Syrian regime forces – October 5, 2023.
