Sameh Salim Ayyoub, a poultry farm worker from Qebtan al-Jabal village in the western suburbs of Aleppo, died on January 28, 2023, of wounds sustained in artillery shelling on January 21, 2023, by Syrian regime forces who fired a shell near the poultry farm where he worked on the northeastern outskirts of Darat Ezza city, in the western suburbs of Aleppo governorate.

The Syrian Network for Human Rights notes that, through this attack, the Syrian regime has once again categorically violated UN Security Council resolutions 2139 and 2254 which prohibit any further indiscriminate attacks, as well as violating the rules of international humanitarian law which stress the distinction between civilians and combatants.

Attacks of this nature spread terror and panic among civilians, leading them to flee their lands and homes in an attempt to reach safety, and forcibly displacing them, with the number of internally displaced persons within Syria currently standing at approximately 6.5 million Syrian citizens in total.

The international community should put pressure on the Syrian regime and its allies to force them to compensate the displaced victims, rehabilitate homes and vital centers, support the political transition process, and press all parties to pursue the implementation of a political transition according to a strict timetable which must not exceed six months, thus enabling millions of refugees and IDPs to return home.

Source: Syrian Network