A/HRC/25/65 Deir Attiya, Damascus, 20 November 2013 14. Nine medical staff at Basil State Hospital in Qalamoun were taken hostage and killed by members of Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) and Al-Khadra Battalion. The killings and the attack on the hospital occurred in the context of an assault against several locations and positions in Deir Attiya city. Government sources reported to have retrieved the bodies of the victims after Government forces regained control of the hospital on 13 November 2013. Sadad, Homs countryside, 21-28 October 2013 15. On 21 October 2013, multiple non-state armed groups, including Al-Islam Shield battalions affiliated to Maghawir Forces and Jabhat Al-Nusra launched an attack on Government forces based in the Christian town of Sadad. A number of civilians were killed during the ensuing clashes. The perpetrators of the killings have not been established in each incident. 16. Two elderly civilians were shot and killed by members of a non-State armed group. Members of the police force were also killed. Four elderly women were reportedly found shot dead in an area controlled by the armed groups. All killings took place in close quarters. Unknown perpetrator Sadad, Homs countryside, October 2013 17. On 21 October 2013, multiple non-state armed groups launched an attack on Government forces based in the Christian town of Sadad. On 28 October, Syrian Government forces regained full control of Sadad. An entire family, a woman, her two young children, two elderly parents and her mother in law, were later found dead in a well. One of the victims was handcuffed with his arms behind his back and had been gagged with a cloth. All six civilians had been shot in the head. The area in which the victims were found dead had been under the control of the Government. Non-state armed groups had been positioned in a school near the family’s home. 35