Between November 2024 and February 2025, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) recorded a total of 1 032 civilian fatalities (including 165 children and 110 women). 71 civilians were killed in November 2024, followed by 503 in December 2024, 236 in January 2025, and 222 in February 2025. During this four-month period, most civilian fatalities were recorded in Aleppo (374), Hama (150) and Idlib (132).856
The number of civilian fatalities recorded by the SNHR during this four-month period surpassed the total number recorded during the first ten months of 2024 (690 deaths) and amounted to 395 % of the number of civilian deaths recorded during the four-month period immediately preceding the reference period of this report (261 fatalities). The main parties responsible were unidentified parties, including landmines of unidentified sources and gunfire/bombings/killings by unidentified parties (causing 543 civilian fatalities between November 2024 and February 2025), (former) Assad government forces (causing 243 civilian fatalities between November 2024 and January 2025, including 223 in December), the SDF (causing 145 fatalities between November 2024 and February 2025, including 108 in December), and the SNA (causing 15 fatalities across the four-month period).857
Figure 4. Number of civilian fatalities recorded by SNHR (November 2024-February 2025). Breakdown by governorate858
For the same period, UCDP recorded 949 security events leading to 3 350 fatalities in Syria, out of which 1 237 were civilian fatalities. The largest number of civilian fatalities were recorded in Homs (269), Aleppo (256), and Hama governorates (200). The lowest numbers of security events were recorded in Quneitra (5), Tartous (18), and Damascus (19) governorates.859
Figure 5. Number of civilian fatalities recorded by UCDP (1 November 2024 – 28 February 2025). Breakdown by governorate860
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SNHR, 222 Civilian Deaths, Including 17 Children and 37 Women, as well as Nine Deaths due to Torture, Recorded in February 2025 in Syria, 1 March 2025, url, pp. 8-9; SNHR, 236 Civilian Deaths, Including 32 Children and 18 Women, as well as One Woman’s Death due to Torture, Documented in Syria in January 2025, 21 Civilians Were Killed by SDF, 1 February 2025, url, pp. 6-7; SNHR, 1,264 Civilian Deaths, Including 242 Children and 118 Women, as well as 86 Deaths due to Torture, Documented in Syria in 2024, 2 January 2025, url, pp. 8-9; SNHR, 71 Civilian Deaths, Documented in Syria in November 2024, Including of 20 Children and Six Women, With Three Dying due to Torture, 1 December 2024, url, pp. 6-7
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EUAA analysis based on: SNHR, 222 Civilian Deaths, Including 17 Children and 37 Women, as well as Nine Deaths due to Torture, Recorded in February 2025 in Syria, 1 March 2025, url, p. 9; SNHR, 236 Civilian Deaths, Including 32 Children and 18 Women, as well as One Woman’s Death due to Torture, Documented in Syria in January 2025, 21 Civilians Were Killed by SDF, 1 February 2025, url, p. 6; SNHR, 1,264 Civilian Deaths, Including 242 Children and 118 Women, as well as 86 Deaths due to Torture, Documented in Syria in 2024, 2 January 2025, url, p. 8; SNHR, 71 Civilian Deaths, Documented in Syria in November 2024, Including of 20 Children and Six Women, With Three Dying due to Torture, 1 December 2024, url, p. 6
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EUAA analysis based on: SNHR, 236 Civilian Deaths, Including 32 Children and 18 Women, as well as One Woman’s Death due to Torture, Documented in Syria in January 2025, 21 Civilians Were Killed by SDF, 1 February 2025, url, p. 7; SNHR, 1,264 Civilian Deaths, Including 242 Children and 118 Women, as well as 86 Deaths due to Torture, Documented in Syria in 2024, 2 January 2025, url, p. 9; SNHR, 71 Civilian Deaths, Documented in Syria in November 2024, Including of 20 Children and Six Women, With Three Dying due to Torture, 1 December 2024, url, p. 7
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EUAA analysis based on UCDP data. UCDP, data covering from 1 November 2024 to 28 February 2025 provided by courtesy of UCDP in an email, 7 March 2025.
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EUAA analysis based on UCDP data. UCDP, data covering from 1 November 2024 to 28 February 2025 provided by courtesy of UCDP in an email, 7 March 2025.