On March 2, 2024, the bodies of two men bearing gunshot wounds, identified as Khaled Ibeid al-Otour and Rahil Mohammad al-Rahil, both shepherds originally from Abu Hanaya village in eastern rural Hama governorate, were found by local residents in the eastern Jub al-Jrah area in eastern rural Homs governorate. The two men had gone missing two days before their bodies were found. The area is under the control of Syrian regime forces.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has not yet been able to identify Khaled’s and Rahil’s killers, with the controlling forces bearing responsibility for identifying the killers.