The most prominent violations against relief and humanitarian workers in Syria since March 2011

ARK News: The "Syrian Network for Human Rights" قrecorded the most notable violations against humanitarian workers committed by the Syrian-Russian alliance forces, with the report documenting the deaths of 979 humanitarian workers by the Syrian-Russian alliance forces in Syria from March 2011 up until December 20, 2019, distributed to 882 killed at the hands of Syrian Regime forces and 97 at the hands of the Russian forces.

The report outlines the record of the most notable violations against humanitarian workers committed by the Syrian-Russian alliance forces, with the report documenting the deaths of 979 humanitarian workers by the Syrian-Russian alliance forces in Syria from March 2011 up until December 20, 2019, distributed to 882 killed at the hands of Syrian Regime forces and 97 at the hands of the Russian forces.

The network said in a press statement published on Monday, December 23, on the third anniversary of the bombing of the humanitarian aid convoy in the countryside of Aleppo, by the Syrian-Russian coalition forces, that the Syrian regime forces and Russia killed 882 workers, while Russian forces killed 97 workers in the humanitarian sector.

As the report notes, at least 3,847 humanitarian workers are still detained or forcibly disappeared by Syrian Regime forces since March 2011 to date. The report also documents at least 1,447 incidents of attacks against vital humanitarian facilities carried out by Syrian-Russian alliance forces from March 2011 to December 20, 2019, of which Syrian Regime forces carried out 1,044 attacks, while Russian forces carried out 403.

The report calls on the Security Council to reevaluate the level of risk of violations of human rights and its threat levels to international and regional peace and security, and to revert to Article Seven to protect humanitarian workers and facilities in Syria, to no longer classify the Syrian government as a legitimate official party in regard to any relief efforts, given its responsibility for multiple crimes against humanity, and to ensure that it is no longer supplied with large amounts of financial or any other relief, which mostly fails to reach those who desperately need and deserve this aid, instead being distributed to Syrian government supporters who have no need of it.

The report also presents a set of recommendations to the international community, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Independent International commission of inquiry (CoI), and the International, Impartial, and Independent Mechanism (IIIM), also calling on the European Union to take concrete collective steps towards holding the Russian regime accountable for this hideous crime.

As the report states, the Urm al Kubra attack unquestionably constitute breaches of UN Security Council resolutions 2139 and 2254 calling for the end of indiscriminate attacks, and a breach of UN Security Council resolution 2286 calling for an end to violations and transgressions committed in armed conflicts against workers in the medical field as well as in humanitarian relief, who are specifically performing medical tasks, noting that the bombings have accidentally caused losses of civilian lives, injuries, and severe damage to civilian objects.

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