Finding the Body of a Young Man in Homs after His Arrest… and an Unknown Fate Haunts Two of His Relatives

01/09/2025

Homs Governorate – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the discovery of the body of a young man from the village of Buwayda Al-Salamiyah, east of Homs, about a month after he disappeared following his arrest at a checkpoint in the Ain Al-Nasir area.

According to the Observatory, the young man was with his brother and cousin when they were stopped earlier this year, while the fate of the other two remains unknown to this day. Information added that the deceased’s body was found at Al-Waleed Hospital, and it was confirmed that he had been shot in the head before being buried in Al-Nassar Cemetery. Meanwhile, the vehicle they were using was confiscated by the Political Security apparatus.

According to the Observatory’s statistics, the number of victims killed in liquidation operations or for revenge motives since the beginning of 2025in various Syrian areas has reached 995 people, including 942 men, 32 women, and 21 children. They are distributed as follows:

Damascus: 48 (47 men, 1 woman), including 25 due to sectarian affiliations.
Rural Damascus: 92 (90 men, 2 women), including 18 due to sectarian affiliations.
Homs: 326 (300 men, 17 women, 9 children), including 198 for sectarian motives.
Hama: 205 (194 men, 7 women, 4 children), including 131 due to sectarian affiliations.
Latakia: 95 (85 men, 4 women, 6 children), including 73 for sectarian motives.
Aleppo: 83 (83 men), including 3 for sectarian motives.
Tartous: 70 (68 men, 1 woman, 1 child), including 54 due to sectarian affiliations.
Idlib: 19 (19 men), with no recorded cases due to sectarian motives.
As-Suwayda: 5 (5 men), including 3 for sectarian motives.
Daraa: 43 (42 men, 1 child).
Deir ez-Zor: 9 (9 men).