2.10.5. Civilian casualties

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In the period from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026, SNHR recorded four civilian fatalities in Damascus governorate.1042 Of these, two were recorded in November 2025,1043 one in January, and one in February 2026. Between October 2025 and May 2026, all recorded civilian fatalities in the governorate were attributed to actors that SNHR could not identify.1044 With a share of less than 1 % of the total countrywide number of fatalities (268), Damascus was one of the governorates with the fewest fatalities in the first quarter of 2026.1045 An analysis of the period since the fall of Bashar Al-Assad confirms that Damascus was among the governorates with the lowest number (around 0-3) of monthly civilian fatalities, interrupted by a significant peak (25) in June and higher numbers (10) in July 2025.1046

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Figure 24: Evolution of civilian fatalities in Damascus per month, based on SNHR data1047

  • 1042

    SNHR, data covering from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 provided by courtesy of SNHR in an email, 1 June 2026

  • 1043

    SNHR, The Death of 73 Civilians Including 12 Children and Six Women, and Two Deaths due to Torture Recorded in November 2025, 1 December 2025, url, p. 3

  • 1044

    SNHR, data covering from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 provided by courtesy of SNHR in an email, 1 June 2026

  • 1045

    SNHR, The Killing of 268 Civilians in the First Quarter of 2026 in Syria, including 43 Children, 27 Women, and 1 person due to torture was Documented, 1 April 2026, url, pp. 3-4

  • 1046

    SNHR, data covering from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 provided by courtesy of SNHR in an email, 1 June 2026; EUAA, Syria – Major human rights, security, and socio-economic developments [Q33-2025], 1 October 2025, url, p. 24; EUAA, Syria – Country Focus, July 2025, url, pp. 98-99, 169

  • 1047

    SNHR, data covering from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 provided by courtesy of SNHR in an email, 1 June 2026; EUAA, Syria – Major human rights, security, and socio-economic developments [Q33-2025], 1 October 2025, url, p. 24; EUAA, Syria – Country Focus, July 2025, url, pp. 98-99, 169