In October 2025, the SNHR recorded 2 civilian fatalities in Tartous governorate, 1 in November, none in December 2025 and January 2026, 2 in February, and none in March, April and May 2026.734 Between October 2025 and May 2026, three of the five recorded civilian fatalities in the governorate were attributed to actors that SNHR could not identify, and two civilians were killed by Syrian government forces in October 2025.735 An analysis of the period since the fall of Bashar Al-Assad indicates that the number of monthly civilian fatalities remained at around 5 from January to February 2025, followed by a peak in March 2025 with 338 civilian fatalities. In April and May 2025, the number of civilian fatalities was below 10, followed by 2 fatalities per month between June and October 2025.736
Figure 15: Evolution of civilian fatalities in Tartous per month, based on SNHR data737
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SNHR, data covering from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 provided by courtesy of SNHR in an email, 1 June 2026
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SNHR, data covering from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 provided by courtesy of SNHR in an email, 1 June 2026; 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. 4-5; SNHR, The Death of 3666 Individuals Including 328 Children and 312 Women, and 32 Deaths due to Torture Recorded in the year 2025 in Syria, 1 January 2026, url, p. 9; 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; SNHR, The Death of 66 Civilians Including Nine Children and Seven Women, and Three Deaths due to Torture Recorded in October 2025, 1 November 2025, url, p. 3
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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, 136
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SNHR, data covering from 1 October 2025 to 31 May 2026 provided by courtesy of SNHR in an email, 1 June 20262026; 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, 136