Equipo Nizkor - UNSC S/2016/327 - Letter from Syria on the terrorist attacks committed in Syria in March 2016.

United Nations
Security Council

S/2016/327

Distr.: General
14 April 2016
English
Original: Arabic

Identical letters dated 7 April 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

On instructions from my Government, I should like to draw your attention to the following information regarding the terrorist attacks committed by armed terrorist groups active in Syrian territory in the month of March 2016:

1 March

Eight shells were fired from inside Turkish territory at a group of foreign journalists who were in the Kinnisibba area in north-eastern rural Ladhiqiyah to cover the cessation of hostilities. Four journalists from Russia, China, Bulgaria and Canada were injured.
Seven mortar shells and rockets struck the homes of residents of the Sabil and Matar neighbourhoods in Dar'a city and caused material damage to property.

6 March

Dozens of rockets and mortar shells rained down on the Shaykh Maqsud neighbourhood of Aleppo, killing 13 people and injuring over 40 others.
A mine planted by terrorist groups in the Safirah neighbourhood of Aleppo exploded, injuring three civilians.
Four civilians were killed and three others were injured by an explosive device that terrorist groups had planted in the Khanasir neighbourhood of Aleppo.
Two children were injured by a mine and a bomb that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists had planted in the village of Hamar al-Sharqiyah and Shaddadah city in rural Hasakah.

7 March

One woman was killed in Dar'a by a mine that terrorist groups had planted near a Syrian Arab Army checkpoint.
A mine planted by terrorist groups in Nawfaliyah village in Hasakah exploded, killing one woman and injuring three civilians.
An explosive device that terrorist groups had planted in Quwwatli Street in Hasakah injured five civilians, three of whom were women.
A mortar shell fell on the Shaykh Maqsud neighbourhood of Aleppo, killing seven civilians, including three women and three children.
Mortar shells fell on the Qusur neighbourhood of Dayr al -Zawr, killing eight civilians and injuring 12 others.

8 March

A gas cylinder missile fell on the Shaykh Maqsud neighbourhood of Aleppo, injuring one civilian.
Three civilians were killed and two others injured by a mortar shell that fell on the Qusur neighbourhood of Dayr al-Zawr.

10, 11 and 12 March

A group of ISIL terrorists infiltrated Ma'arrat al-Bayda village in Dar'a and slaughtered two civilians and injured two women.
Six civilians, five of them women, were injured when ISIL fired 21 rockets at the Mafqar al-Sharqi and Suqaylibiyah I areas of Hama.
Shells fell on several areas of Aleppo, injuring three civilians.
A mortar shell fell on Jafrah village in Dayr al -Zawr, injuring one civilian.
A civilian was killed by a mine planted that terrorist groups had planted in Umm Hajirah village in Hasakah.

13 March

Nine mortar shells fell on various parts of Dar'a, injuring a number of civilians.
A civilian was injured by shrapnel when a gas cylinder missile struck the Shaykh Maqsud neighbourhood of Aleppo.
Five mortar shells fell on the Qusur neighbourhood of Dayr al-Zawr, killing one girl and injuring two civilians.

14 March

Ten mortar shells fell on Unq al-Hawa village in Homs, killing two women.
Armed terrorist groups fired mortar shells at Mas'udiyah village in Homs, killing one civilian.

16 March

Armed terrorist groups attacked the town of Manin in Rif Dimashq, killing two civilians.
A civilian was killed and two others were injured by shells that armed terrorist groups had fired at the Shaykh Maqsud and Ashrafiyah neighbourhoods of Aleppo.

17 and 18 March

A gas cylinder missile fell on Aleppo, killing two children and injuring one civilian.
A woman was killed and six others were injured by a mortar shell that fell on the Maydan area of Aleppo.
Rockets fired at the Jam'iyat al -Zahra' neighbourhood of Aleppo killed one boy and one girl and injured several others.
Two landmines planted by terrorist groups in Hasakah exploded, killing two civilians and injuring six others, including one girl and one woman.

19 and 20 March

A landmine planted by terrorist groups in the town of Qarfa in Dar'a exploded, killing three civilians.
Several rockets struck Aleppo, killing four civilians, two of whom were girls, and injuring 12 others.
A landmine planted by terrorist groups in Jabal Abd al-Aziz in Hasakah exploded, injured one civilian.
Several mortar shells fell on Hasakah, killing one girl and injuring four other civilians, including two children.
Armed terrorist groups infiltrated the Dawud neighbourhood of Hasakah and killed one woman and one boy.
Terrorist groups directed sniper fire at the population of the town of Fu'ah in Idlib, killing three civilians, including one woman, and injuring one civilian.

21 March

Mortar shells fell on several areas of Aleppo, injuring one woman and two children.
Four civilians, three of them women, were injured by two mortar shells that armed terrorist groups fired at the Harabish neighbourhood of Dayr al-Zawr.

23 March

Mortar shells fell on the Harasta suburb of Rif Dimashq, injuring three civilians.
Fifteen civilians, some of whom were children, were killed in armed clashes between ISIL and Nusrah Front terrorists in the town of Jallayn in Dar'a.
A civilian was injured by a landmine planted by armed terrorist groups in rural Hasakah.
Several mortar shells fell on Dayr al-Zawr, injuring four civilians.

24 and 25 March

A gas cylinder missile fired from the Amiriyah neighbourhood of Aleppo struck the Salah al-Din neighbourhood, injuring one woman.
A gas cylinder missile fired from the Bani Zayd neighbourhood of Aleppo struck the Shaykh Maqsud neighbourhood, killing one civilian.
A terrorist group in Aleppo fired gas cylinder missiles at several areas, killing two civilians and injuring five others. A civilian woman who had been injured by shell fragments in Hamdaniyah was admitted to Aleppo Hospital.

27 and 28 March

One woman was injured by a mortar shell that fell on the Jam'iyat al -Zahra' neighbourhood of Aleppo.
One civilian was injured by a landmine that had been planted by terrorist groups in Aleppo.
Armed terrorist groups fired a rocket at a passenger bus, injuring two civilians.
A woman was killed and 10 other civilians, seven of them women, were injured when nine mortar shells fell on the Harabish neighbourhood of Dayr al-Zawr.
A civilian was injured by a landmine that had been planted by armed terrorist groups in Khama'il village in Hasakah.

31 March and 1 April

A civilian woman was injured when a terrorist sniper fired at a microbus on the Harasta highway in Damascus.
Two mortar shells fell on the Harasta suburb of Rif Dimashq, injuring one civilian.
Several civilians were killed and injured by several shells that fell on the Shaykh Maqsud neighbourhood of Aleppo.
Two civilians were injured by a landmine planted by armed terrorist groups on the Hasakah-Dayr al-Zawr highway.
One child was killed and 21 other civilians, four of them children, were injured by explosive devices in several areas of Homs.
A rocket fired at the Harabish neighbourhood of Dayr al -Zawr killed one woman.
A gas cylinder missile fell on Aleppo, injuring one civilian woman.

I should be grateful if the present letter could be issued as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) Bashar Ja'afari
Ambassador
Permanent Representative

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Letter from Syria on the terrorist attacks committed in Syria in March 2016