Kidnapping Civilians

Summary Abductions are still ongoing in the province of Idlib, which is mostly controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), due to rampant insecurity and absence of checkpoints at the entrances…

Introduction: Between December 2, 2018 and January 8, 2019, seven civilians were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Idlib province. Two of the kidnapped were killed; a child and a media…

On the evening of December 9, 2018, a woman died, and a man got injured while escaping a kidnapping operation, undertaken by unidentified gunmen on the International Highway (Abu al-Duhur…

After a relative decrease, abductions for ransom are firmly back in al-Sweida province, as 21 persons kidnapped between October 1 and November 13, 2018, and only five of whom returned…

   On November 8, 2018, the Syrian army troops launched a military operation in As Suwayda eastern Badiya, resulting in the liberation of the remaining hostages who were held by…

On October 19, 2018, relief worker Alaa Elaiwi, accompanied by a young man, who was also kidnapped, managed to escape his kidnappers 32 days after his abduction and exposure to…

On October 15, 2018, Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham/HTS and other Islamic brigades conducted a massive raid and arrest operation in the village of Ein Laruz, Idlib, which ended with the death…

Introduction: The kidnapping and killing of civilians in the provinces of Idlib and Hama have been recently on the increase particularly in August and September 2018. Insecurity and the absence of…

On October 5, 2018, two children and a young man died in a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham/HTS shooting, which followed its incursion of the town of Kafr Halab, western rural Aleppo.…