The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces continue their intensive rocket shelling targeting separated areas in Hama countryside

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces are continuing their rocket shelling on the northern countryside of Hama, where the Syrian Observatory monitored today evening, Thursday, that the regime forces have targeted, by more shells, places in the towns of Al-Lataminah and Kar Zita as well as the villages of Al-Zakah, al-Bwayda, Qastun and M’aarkbeh in the northern and north-western countryside of Hama, which resulted in the fall of wounded, in addition to causing further damage to the property of the citizens, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that the sound of explosions have been still rocking the northern countryside of Hama since yesterday after the midnight, caused by continued shelling by the regime forces on Al-Lataminah town, which is located in the northern sector of Hama countryside with out information about resulting in fall of casualties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that Al-Lataminah town is witnessing intensive shelling by the regime forces, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored targeting by the regime forces since this morning by about 48 shells, targeted areas in al-Lataminah town and its surroundings in the northern countryside of Hama, and other areas in al-Bwayda village, raising to about 1738, the number of artillery and rocket shells that were launched by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them to, targeting areas in the northern, northeastern, and northwestern countryside of Hama during the last 33 days, where the rocket and artillery shelling targeted the villages and towns of the northern countryside of Hama such as al-Lataminah, Hasraya, Zakat, al-Janabera “al-Bana”, M’aarkbeh, al-Sayyad, Tal Osman, Hawash, and several other areas in this countryside.

And the SOHR published hours ago, that the regime forces shelled this morning places in al-Bwayda village in the northern countryside of Hama, but no information about injuries, this comes within the continuation of targeting the northern countryside of Hama by the regime forces, and the Syrian Observatory published last night that the regime forces opened fire on the lands around Atshan area, which resulted in the injury of 2 persons at least, while the regime forces has escalated their shelling on areas in the northern sector of Hama countryside, for the 32 consecutive day, where they targeted this evening Al-Lataminah town, its vicinity and its surrounding lands as well as places in Kafr Zita town, by tens of shells, it is noteworthy that these shelling -which was monitored by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights- caused several casualties and wounded in the areas were the shells fell, also the intense shelling which varied between today and the other caused more destruction in the above-mentioned villages and towns, which had previously witnessed similar and more violent shelling, which caused considerable destruction and serious material damage to the citizens’ property, infrastructure, public, and private facilities, as well as hundreds of casualties and wounded, where the shelling increases when violent clashes or major attacks erupt between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against the rebel and Islamic factions.