18/12/2025
Investigation Launch: Attacks on Religious Sites in Syria
Since the start of the “Deterrence of Aggression” offensive on 27 November 2024, and the fall of the Assad regime on 8 December, Syria witnessed an increase in the number of attacks on religious sites, including bombings, burnings, vandalism of religious sites, demolitions of religious sites , shootings, shelling, and airstrikes.
Syrian Archive collected more than 300 videos, photos, reports, and statements posted on news websites, social media, and YouTube for 55 incidents, between 1 December 2024 and 31 August 2026, showing the locations of the impact, traces of destruction, initial reports, and official reports, within a dataset specific to this investigation.
This new publication includes three in-depth investigations of three attacks against reloigious sites in Hama governorate. These incidents were selected for in-depth investigation based on teh type and location of incident. They include:
- An investigation of an attack on the Hagia Sophia Church in Al-Suqaylabiyah, Rural Hama, on 11 December 2024.
- An investigation into the bombing of the Shrine of Sheikh Muhammad al-Ajami, on 9 January 2025.
-An investigation into of an attack on the Shrine of Sheikh Nasser Asaad on 5 March 2025.
The publication also includes a summary of data analysis of the dataset of recorded incidents during the time period covered by the investigation.
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Syrian Archive is a Syrian led project that aims to preserve, enhance and memorialise documentation of human rights violations and other crimes committed by all parties to conflict in Syria for use in advocacy, justice and accountability.
