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 A new report, released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday, accused the regime troops of entering opposition strongholds and destroying the buildings. 
  
 Razed to the Ground: Syria’s Unlawful Neighbourhood Demolitions in 2012-2013 , documents seven cases of large-scale demolition, described as "unlawful". 
  
 “Wiping entire neighbourhoods off the map is not a legitimate tactic of war,” said Ole Solvang, emergencies researcher at HRW. 
  
 “These unlawful demolitions are the latest additions to a long list of crimes committed by the Syrian government.” 
  
 The total area demolished is about 200 soccer fields, according to the group, and is seen as punishment for Syrian civilians supporting rebel forces. The demolitions were supervised by military forces and took place in the wake of violence. 
  
 The group looked at 15 commercial satellite images and listened to testimony of 16 witnesses whose houses were lost, including media reports, government statements, and more than dozens of YouTube videos. 
  
 HRW interviewed Umm Oday of the Masha al-Arbeen neighbourhood in Hama, Syria, by telephone about demolitions in her community. 
  
 Oday said she left her house a month before her home was demolished fearing the violence of war. She told HRW that she returned home as soon as she heard about the plans for demolition from a neighbour. 
  
 "I yelled, screamed and cried for them to let me pass to see what is going on with my house. When they allowed me and other women to pass, the bulldozer was already demolishing houses while their owners stood outside watching. 
  
 "I begged the soldier to let me in to collect my belongings. He let me, but I had only a few minutes. After I left, the bulldozer demolished my house. Nothing was left of it, not even the walls." 
  
 She also reported to HRW that the Syrian army used tanks to block her from entering her street. 
  
 HRW reported two waves of demolitions in the Qaboun neighbourhood of Damascus during a one-year period, where according to satellite imagery analysed by HRW, 18 hectares were affected. 
  
 No military purpose 
  
 The report said: "Human Rights Watch has not been able to find any government statement or decree explaining the reason for the demolitions in Qaboun. The first wave appears to have been directly related to intensive clashes between government and opposition forces in mid-July, 2012." 
  
 Residents told HRW that government forces gave little or no warning of the demolitions so that they could collect their things or appeal. But HRW found no injuries or deaths related to the razing. 
  
 "The demolitions either served no necessary military purpose and appeared to intentionally punish the civilian population or caused disproportionate harm to civilians," HRW reported. 
  
 Demolitions like the ones HRW uncovered were part of an urban revitalisation programme and ridding communities of illegal buildings constructed without permits, according to reports HRW cited from the government and pro-regime media. 
  
 HRW says according to testimonies it has received, homeowners had the correct permits and documentation. 
  
 "As far as Human Rights Watch has been able to determine, there have been no similar demolitions in areas that generally support the government, although many houses in those areas were also allegedly built without the necessary permits." 
  
 Either way, according to the new report, the demolitions have resulted in displacement and the loss of whole communities during a state of civil war. The group is calling on the authorities to stop, and for the United Nations to refer the issue to the International Criminal Court. 
  
 The seven cases Human Rights Watch documented took place between July 2012 and July 2013 in the following areas: the Masha al-Arbeen and Wadi al-Jouz neighbourhoods in Hama, and the Qaboun, Tadamoun, Barzeh, Mezzeh military airport, and Harran Al-'Awamid neighbourhoods in and near Damascus. ||||| The Syrian government has demolished thousands of buildings, in some cases entire neighbourhoods, in parts of Damascus and Hama, as part of a collective punishment against residents of rebel-held areas, Human Rights Watch has found. 
  
  
  
 Satellite imagery taken over both cities has revealed seven areas where neighbourhoods have either been largely destroyed or totally demolished. None of the destruction was caused during combat. Rather, the buildings have been systemically destroyed using bulldozers and explosives placed by troops who first ordered residents to leave, then supervised the demolitions. 
  
  
  
 A report released on Thursday morning says the Syrian regime claims that the demolitions were part of an urban planning programme that aimed to remove illegally constructed buildings. 
  
  
  
 Human Rights Watch, however, claims the motivations were instead to punish areas that were deemed to be sympathetic to opposition groups. It says the destruction violated international law and the laws of war. 
  
  
  
 Claims of widespread abuses have been routinely levelled by the government and the opposition during almost three years of war in Syria, which has killed more than 130,000, displaced close to 8 million, led tens of thousands to disappear and battered the country’s renowned heritage sites. However, the scale of the physical destruction has been difficult to document, with reporting limited by government visa restrictions and the intensity of the fighting. 
  
 “Wiping entire neighbourhoods off the map is not a legitimate tactic of war,” said Ole Solvang, emergencies researcher at Human Rights Watch. “These unlawful demolitions are the latest additions to a long list of crimes committed by the Syrian government.” 
  
  
  
 Using satellite imagery, the organisation has compiled a dramatic series of before and after shots that it says show 145 hectares, the equivalent of 200 football fields, where the state policy has caused near-total destruction. 
  
  
  
 Some demolitions took place near areas such as the Mezzeh airbase and the international airport that the opposition viewed as strategic. While acknowledging that a military response in these areas could be deemed as legitimate, the report claims that the response was disproportionate. 
  
  
  
 The Mezzeh and Tadamoun areas of the capital, both opposition strongholds, have been particularly heavily hit, the images show. In Hama, where former president Hafez al-Assad killed tens of thousands of residents and wiped out neighbourhoods over several days in 1982, widespread destruction has again taken place. The satellite images show that the Masha al-Arb’een area has been wiped out. One image, apparently taken while the demolitions were under way, shows part of the area still standing – a grey blob of buildings juxtaposed against a white backdrop of ruins. 
  
  
  
 Above images embedded from Human Rights Watch website 
  
 Researchers compiled the report after viewing 15 satellite images and speaking to 16 witnesses to the demolitions, among them homeowners. Government statements, interviews with officials and videos posted to the web depicting the destruction were also used. 
  
  
  
 “No one should be fooled by the government’s claim that it is undertaking urban planning in the middle of a bloody conflict, ” said Solvang. “This was collective punishment of communities suspected of supporting the rebellion. The UN security council should, with an ICC [international criminal court] referral, send a clear message that cover-ups and government impunity won’t stand in the way of justice for victims.” 
  
 Nadim Houry, deputy director of Human Rights Watch for the Middle East and North Africa, said: "These are the areas that we were told about by witnesses. There are likely to be other areas, but there are many black holes in Syria where we don't have information. This is likely part of a systematic policy in rebel held areas elsewhere in the country as well. 
  
  
  
 "It shows yet again that this is not a one-off act by a commander. This is part of a strategy targeting all opposition-held areas. It is a mirror image of the starvation of people in Yarmouk [refugee camp in Damascus] or in Old Homs. It shows yet again how ready the government is to collectively harm areas of people that are supporting the opposition." 
  
  
  
 While the destruction of Syria’s towns and cities during fighting has been well-documented, the eradication of neighbourhoods as a form of punishment or deterrence against supporting the opposition has not been revealed. 
  
  
  
 The regime has claimed that all those fighting against it are internationally backed terrorists who have imposed their will on communities, which they then use as bases to hide and stage attacks. 
  
  
  
 Opposition-held parts of Aleppo have repeatedly been hit by large ballistic missiles, including scuds, as well as non-conventional high-explosive bombs dropped from helicopters, known as barrel bombs. Such attacks killed 13 people in Aleppo on Tuesday and have claimed more than 300 lives since the start of the year. 
  
  
  
 Earlier satellite images have also revealed the scale of destruction in Aleppo, Syria’s second city. A series of shots taken over other towns and cities during the past year has shown a physical landscape changed dramatically by the war. 
  
  
  
 Human Rights Watch called for its findings to be referred to the international criminal court and for compensation to be paid to homeowners. It also called for the international community to implement arms embargos that limit the supply of weapons and ammunition to the Syrian government. |||||
Output:
Syrian military forces have been systematically using bulldozers and controlled explosions to level entire neighborhoods in Damascus and Hama, in what appears to be an attempt to punish citizens for their rebel sympathies, Human Rights Watch alleges in a new report based on satellite images and witness testimony. The imagery reveals seven areas affected between July 2012 and July 2013 that total roughly 200 soccer fields' worth of razed neighborhoods. None of this destruction came during combat, though it sometimes came soon after it. Residents said they got little to no warning, giving them no time to collect their belongings before evacuating, according to al-Jazeera. The Syrian government says the demolitions were an urban planning move centered around demolishing buildings that were constructed illegally, the Guardian reports. But Human Rights Watch says there haven't been any similar demolitions in areas that support the government, even though many of those homes also lack permits. "Wiping entire neighborhoods off the map is not a legitimate tactic of war," the group's emergency researcher said. The group has called upon the UN to hand the findings to the International Criminal Court.