“They Burned My Heart”

War Crimes in Northern Idlib during Peace Plan Negotiations

Map of Idlib Governorate

Summary

I. Chronology of Events

II. Summary and Extrajudicial Executions

Execution of Three Brothers, Hajj Hussein Family, Sarmeen, March 23

Execution of Mohammed Saleh Shamrukh, Saraqeb, March 25

Execution of 15-year-old Uday Mohammed al-Omar and his uncle, 21-year-old Saeed Mustafa Barish, Saraqeb, March 26

Execution of 19 Men and Boys, Ghazal Family, Taftanaz, April 3

Execution of 65-year old Ahmed Jafar, 75-year-old Awad Abd al-Kader, and 36-year-old Iyad Ghoneim, Taftanaz, April 4

Execution of Two Brothers, Place and Date Withheld

III. Other Unlawful Killings of Civilians

IV. Burning and Destruction of Houses and Other Property

V. Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Enforced Disappearances

VI. Applicability of International Humanitarian Law

Recommendations

To the UN Security Council

To All Countries

To the Arab League

To Russia and China

To the Syrian Government

Acknowledgments