The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Shelling by more than 165 shells in 24 hours raise to about 1900, the number of artillery and missile strikes that targeted the northern countryside of Hama in 34 days

Hama Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: areas all over the countryside of Hama continue to witness intensive rocket shelling by the regime forces, where it rose to more than 165, the number of shells launched by the regime forces since dawn of today until the moment on al-Lataminah town in the northern countryside of Hama, in conjunction with rocket shelling targeted after midnight of yesterday Kafr Nabudah town and al-Sakhr village in the countryside itself, raising to about 1880, 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 34 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, also 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.