Table 3.
Mechanism of ambulance attacks 2016–2017 (n=number of ambulances, Syrian Network for Human Rights data)
2016 (n=165) | 2017 (n=78) | |
Shelling | 28 (17%) | 24 (31%) |
Air-to-surface missile | 95 (58%) | 41 (53%) |
Barrel/cluster bomb | 19 (12%) | 2 (3%) |
Shooting | 5 (3%) | 3 (4%) |
Improvised explosive devices | 2 (1%) | 3 (4%) |
Stolen | 5 (3%) | 1 (1%) |
Surface-to-surface missile | 10 (6%) | 1 (1%) |
Unknown | 1 (1%) | 3 (4%) |