"He didn't have to die"
Subtitle: indiscriminate attacks by opposition groups in Syria
By: [written by Lama Fakih and Ole Solvang]
Contributors: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2015
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9781623132361
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Human rights; Insurgency; Civil war; War; Protection of civilians; Combatants and noncombatants (International law); Atrocities; History
Other titles: Indiscriminate attacks by opposition groups in Syria
Description: "This 79-page report documents scores of attacks in heavily populated, government-controlled areas in Damascus and Homs between January 2012 and April 2014, and which continue into 2015. The findings are based primarily on victim and witness accounts, on-site investigations, publicly available videos, and information on social media sites"--Publisher's description.
Notes: "March 2015"--Table of contents page.

"This report was researched and written by Lama Fakih, Syria and Lebanon researcher, and Ole Solvang, senior emergencies researcher, at Human Rights Watch"--P. 79.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Recommendations; title: Methodology; title: I. Background: From Violent Crackdown to Armed Conflict; title: II. Unlawful  Attacks in Damascus and Damascus Countryside Governorates; title: III. Opposition Groups Conducting Attacks in Damascus and Damascus Countryside; title: IV. Unlawful Attacks in Homs; title: V. Opposition Groups Conducting Attacks in Homs; title: VI. Applicable International Humanitarian Law; title: Appendix; title: Acknowledgements.