Date September 15th, 2025 Introduction: Between March and August 2025, multiple governorates in Syria—including Homs, Hama, Latakia, Tartous, Damascus, and surrounding areas—witnessed a continuation and escalation of systematic human rights violations. Civilians, particularly from minority communities such as Alawites, were subjected to targeted killings, abductions, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial executions, torture, and attacks on property. A particularly devastating event occurred in March on the Syrian coast, where a massacre claimed the lives of over 1,500 people. Mass graves are still being uncovered, highlighting the ongoing scale of atrocities and the lack of accountability. Concurrently, widespread fires swept through neglected mountain regions, destroying homes, farmland, and villages—many of which were effectively emptied of their Alawite populations, sometimes forcibly. In several areas, the government de facto abandoned these territories, and some villages were renamed following the displacement of their original residents, reflecting a deliberate attempt to erase local identities. Throughout March, April, May, June, July, and August, documented violations included mass killings, abductions of children, women, and men, deaths under torture, and destruction of civilian property. Sectarian motivations were a persistent factor, and armed groups linked to HTS, as well as state-affiliated security forces, were implicated in raids, intimidation campaigns, and forced disappearances. Urban and rural areas alike were affected, with civilians living under constant threat from arbitrary violence, attacks on infrastructure, and systematic attempts to instill fear and depopulate minority communities. The continued discovery of mass graves, the high number of deaths under torture, and the systematic displacement of communities underscore the urgent need for independent investigation, international monitoring, and protective measures for civilians. The patterns observed during these months illustrate not only ongoing violations but also the deliberate targeting of vulnerable populations, reflecting a coordinated campaign of sectarian violence and territorial control across multiple Syrian governorates.

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