Death from the Skies

Deliberate and Indiscriminate Air Strikes on Civilians

Summary

Ending the Killing of Civilians

Methodology

I. Background: From Protests to Armed Conflict

Air Strikes and Casualties

II. Applicable International Humanitarian Law

International Humanitarian Law

Unlawful Air Strikes

III. Deliberate Attacks on Bakeries

Aqyoul Bakery, Aleppo City

Kanjou Bakery, Aleppo City

Mare`, Aleppo

Al-Bab, Aleppo

IV. Attacks on Hospitals

Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Aleppo City

Makeshift Hospital in Salma, Latakia

V. Cluster Bomb Attacks

Cases of Cluster Bomb Attacks Documented by Human Rights Watch

Al-Najiya, Idlib, December 15

Mare`, Aleppo, December 12

Abu Hilal, Idlib, November 27, 2012

Deir al-`Assafeer, Damascus, November 25

Kansba, Latakia, November 2012

Souran, Aleppo, October 30

Eastern al-Buwayda, Homs, October 9-18

VI. Other Unlawful Air Strikes

Aerial Attacks in Aleppo Governorate

Al-Bab

Azaz

Mare`

Akhtarin

Souran

Tel Rifa`t

Air Strikes in Latakia and Idlib Governorates

Kansba, Latakia

Al-Najiya, Idlib

Majdal Keekhya, Latakia