Medical Professionals Killed in Syria

As compiled by PHR from interviews with local physicians and analysis of news reports.

The violent crackdown in Syria has disproportionately impacted members of the medical community. PHR has gathered the names and detailed information of 55 of the estimated dozens of medical professionals who have been killed in Syria since the unrest began in March 2011.

Given the situation on the ground, PHR has been unable to independently verify these details. However, they have been collected from a variety of reliable sources operating in Syria, including a group called the Doctor Coordinate of Damascus. The organizations and individuals providing this content are all involved in the Syrian medical community’s response to the crisis.

	Name	Age in Years	Occupation	Date of Death	Location of Death	Reported Circumstance of Death
1	FadiAbdulasame’e Alatassi	39	Pharmacist	6 Feb 2012	Homs, Baba Amr	Bombing of a clinic
2	Mustafa Safar	56	Physician	30 Jan 2012	Homs, Hay Alshamas	Shot three times for treating wounded at the Bissan Clinic
3	Abdul Al Ra’ouf MIlato	N/A	Pharmacist	6 Feb 2012	Idlib	Targeted by a sniper for providing humanitarian assistance
4	Wassim Abdullatif Qutaish	27	Dentist, Masters student	4 Feb 2012	Dara’a, Masifra	Shot by security forces
5	Mohamed Alawad	29	Pharmacist	24 Dec 2011	Homs, Baba Amr	Shot three times, once in the heart, once in the shoulder and once in the foot
6	Ghassan Maher khankan	N/A	Pharmacist	18 Dec 2011	Homs	Shot in the head by a sniper
7	Ma’ath Abdulkarim Al faris	N/A	Physician	24 Nov 2011	Homs, Hula	Arrested and tortured to death
8	Emad Sarour	N/A	Medical Student	28 Dec 2011	Hama, Alhadher	Killed by gangs and security forces while treating the injured
9	Ali Alhazori	N/A	Physician	28 Oct 2011	Homs, Baba Amr	N/A
10	Maha Arafat (female)	35	Nurse	9 Dec 2011	Suburb Damascus	Shot in the head by security forces
11	Jamal Mamdooh Alfatwah	N/A	Pharmacist	14 Aug 2011	Homs	Arrested and tortured to death
12	Mohammed Natheer Al Yousif	N/A	Dentist	24 Jan 2012	Idlib	Shot in his car
13	Ahmed Alsheikh Yassin	N/A	Medical Student	24 Dec 2011	Haman, Abi Alfida	Shot
14	Mohammed Adel Nathir	30	Physician	13 Dec 2011	Idlib, Ma’arat Massriteen	Shot in the eye
15	Khalid Adel AlsheikhAdel Moussa	N/A	Physician	31 Jul 2011	N/A	Building shelled
16	Abdulrahim Alalmer	N/A	Physician	30 Sep 2011	Homs, Alrastan	Died in the Albar hospital
17	Ayham Ahmed Alhariri	N/A	Physician	30 May 2011	Dara’a	Shot in the head
18	Taha Suleiman Salama	N/A	Physician	4 Aug 2011	Dara’a	N/A
19	Taha Al Sakri	N/A	Physician	4 Aug 2011	Dara’a	Shot in the chest by a sniper
20	Mohammed Mowafaq Dakhalallah	N/A	Nurse	4 Aug 2011	Dara’a	Ambulance set on fire by security forces
21	Ali Gahsab Almahameed	N/A	Cardiologist	23 Mar 2011	Dara’a	Shot in the head and chest while driving to a mosque
22	Na’uman Abdulal	48	Pediatrician	3 Feb 2012	Latakia	Died after being released from prison, where he was denied medical treatment
23	Ayman Al Balkhi	N/A	Physician	29 Jan 2012	Saqba, Suburb Damascus	Shot
24	Sherzad Haj Rashid	25	Internist	9 Feb 2012	Alppo	Shot in the head by security forces on his way home
25	Sameer Bakour	N/A	Pharmacist	22 Apr 2011	Homs, Teldo	Shot
26	Abdulrahman Khir Aljarad	N/A	Nurse	11 May 2011	Dara’a, Alhara	Shot
27	Mahmoud Ahmed Alrashidat	N/A	Nurse	21 May 2011	Dara’a, Alkarak	Tortured to death in prison
28	Haitham Yousef Alyounis	N/A	Surgeon	25 Dec 2011	Damascus, Harasta	Assassinated in his own clinic
29	Mustafa Al Hijazi	N/A	Physician	16 Dec 2011	Homs, Hay alqasour	N/A
30	Abdulrazzaq Jibero	N/A	Dentist, Red Crescent director	25 Jan 2012	Idlib	Assassinated
31	Hakam Drak Sibai	25	Red Crescent paramedic	7 Sep 2011	Homes	Shot inside a Red Crescent Ambulance
32	Sakher Hallak	43	Physician	27 May 2011	Aleppo	Arrested, then found dead
33	Jihad Abdullah Alsaid	50	Physician	15 Nov 2011	Aleppo	Murdered by an unknown in the clinic
34	Nadhem Ibrahim	N/A	Hospital Director	13 Aug 2011	Homs, Alhula	Car shelled
35	Ashraf Alhariyat	N/A	Physician	31 May 2011	Dara’a, Alharak	N/A
36	Mohammed Thakr Al Ahmed	N/A	Pharmacy Student	8 Feb 2012	Deir Al Zoor	He was attacked by security personnel in his home the day after he announced a strike at his university
37	Mohammed Moufaq Dakhalallah	N/A	Nurse	8 Apr 2011	Dara’a	He was shot in an ambulance by security forces
38	Ibrahim Othman	26	Physician	10 Nov 2011	On the Border between Syria and Türkiye	Shot while trying to escape from security on the border
39	Mohammed Dirar Attar	N/A	Dentistry student	25 Feb 2012	Aleppo	Shot in the eye by security forces
40	Jihad Abdullah Al Qadri	N/A	Nurse	26 Apr 2011	Dara’a	N/A
41	Mohamed Kheddr Khaddour	N/A	Nurse	N/A	Homs, Qasir	Shot in an ambulance
42	Farhan Abu Samra	N/A	Nurse	10 Nov 2011	Homs, Al Nazjin	Injured in an ambulance
43	Khalid al-Shami	N/A	Nurse	21 Jan 2012	N/A	Shot in a car used to transport injured
44	Bouris Al Matab	N/A	Nurse	1 Mar 2011	Dara’a	N/A
45	Abdul Al Hamid Mando	N/A	Physician	29 Feb 2012	Homs, Dawar Ghouta	Killed with his wife and three childrent checkpoint
46	Abdul-Jabbar Hilal	N/A	Physician	2 Mar 2012	Homs, Hajaz Alshour	Killed when coming from Baba Amr
47	Ali Al Mousa	N/A	Dentistry student	10 Sep 2011	Homs, Zahra	N/A
48	Mohamed Askar	N/A	Dentistry student	19 Nov 2011	Dara’a, Ghabaghab	N/A
49	Qasim Saeed Hilal	N/A	Medical student	5 Dec 2011	Homs, Deir Baaba	N/A
50	Abdulrazzaq Al-Raid Abdulrazzaq	20	Medical student	N/A	Deir Al-zour	N/A
51	Maad Alhadiz	52	Pharmacist	18 Aug 2011	Homs	Security shot him three times in the head at his pharmacy
52	Husein Al Ismaail	N/A	Pharmacist	2 Nov 2011	Idlib	N/A
53	Hamada Abdulmajid Hamada	36	Pharmacist	11 Jan 2012	Hamaa, Kafir Nabouda	N/A
54	Assad Al Jamaan	41	Red Crescent medic	27 Feb 2012	Homs, Palmyra	Tortured to death after being arrested by the security forces
55	Maher Damuk	23	Medical student	27 Jan 2012	Aleppo, Izaz	House shelled
56	Husam Huraira	42	Dentist	23 Mar 2012	Homs, Jourat Alshayah	Shot by a sniper