News Center- Crimes committed against civilians have been on rise in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime. 163 people, including women and children, have been killed in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, 2024, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Thursday.

“Since the fall of Al-Assad‘s regime on December 8, SOHR documented 96 murder crimes which left 163 fatalities, including five women and four children,” the observatory said.

An armed group assaulted women and kidnapped a man in his fifties by force in the town of Kafr Zita, northern Hama countryside, according to SOHR. “The body of the kidnapped man was found in the morning inside one of the town’s caves, showing signs of torture. This coincided with a state of fear and anxiety among residents, who now worry about the escalation of such crimes.”

A child was killed after being subjected to abuse and torture by his father in Darat Izza, in western Aleppo countryside, the observatory reported.