Two men, identified as Ahmad al-Hussein al-Khalaf and Saleh Ramadan al-Faraj from al-Khumaisiya village in eastern rural Raqqa governorate were shot dead on January 27, 2024, along with a third man, Kamal Abu Abboud, from Slouk town in northern rural Raqqa governorate, by gunmen we have not yet been able to identify from a passing car, after the three had left Sahlat al-Banat Camp in eastern rural Raqqa governorate, where they worked delivering bread. After killing the men, the gunmen loaded their bodies into the car, then dumped them between the villages of al-Assadiya and al-Yarmouk in rural Raqqa, before fleeing the scene when their car broke down. The area is under the control of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) is still trying to locate eyewitnesses to obtain more information about the incident. We call on the controlling forces to uphold their responsibilities for protecting civilians in their areas, to investigate this incident, and to make the investigation’s findings known to the public. Syria will never have true stability without a genuine political transition process towards democracy within a fixed timetable.
