The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces target areas in both Idlib and Hama countryside by evening shelling violating the Russian – Turkish truce which has completed its 3rd day

Explosions rocked areas in both southern countryside of Idlib and northern countryside of Hama, caused by the return of shelling and violations by the regime forces, to the Russian – Turkish truce which has completed its 3rd consecutive day, where the regime forces targeted areas in Murak town and places in Hasaraya village by a number of shells, in conjunction with artillery targeting to the village of Abu Ra’idah al-Sharqiyyah, Al-Sakhr village and areas in the vicinity of Kafr Zita in the northern sector of Hama countryside, which caused material damage, without information about casualties, the regime forces also shelled areas in the villages of Al-Khwaiyn and Umm Al-Khalakhil in the southern countryside of Idlib, along with exchange of targeting by heavy machineguns in one of the fronts of Jabal Al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Lattakia, which resulted in the fall of wounded, amid movements by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them monitored by the SOHR, in areas in the northern mountains of Lattakia.

And the Syrian Observatory published today afternoon, that the regime forces breached again on the third day of the Russian – Turkish truce, through a renewed shelling that targeted the areas of the truce, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by the regime forces targeted areas in Tamanah town, in conjunction with artillery shelling targeted places in Tal Maraq area in the southern countryside of Idlib, which is located to the east of Aleppo – Damascus International Highway, where the shelling caused material damage but no information about injuries so far, also the shelling comes hours after the morning shelling by the regime forces targeted areas in M’aarkbeh village in the northern countryside of Hama province, and the Syrian Observatory also published this morning that the cautious and relative calm has returned to areas of the Russian-Turkish truce, which includes Idlib, Hama, Lattakia, and Aleppo provinces since the midnight of yesterday until now except for shells landed on areas in M’aarkbeh village in the northern countryside of Hama, launched by the regime forces on the area, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored at midnight of yesterday and before it rocket shelling by the regime forces targeted the towns of al-Lataminah, Morek and their outskirts and the villages of Hasraya and M’aarkbeh, all located in the northern countryside of Hama, in a renewed violations by the regime forces for truce of the 4 provinces, and the Syrian Observatory published Thursday evening that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed violations to the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce, including the provinces of Idlib, Hama, Aleppo and Lattakia, where the regime forces targeted today, places in the areas of Umm Al-Khalakhil, Al-Khwaiyn and Zarzur in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, by several shells, without information about casualties so far, while cautious calm is prevailing all the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce, with the exception of the abovementioned shelling, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that it monitored the return of relative calm to prevail the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce, including the provinces of Idlib, Hama, Aleppo and Lattakia, after the latest round of shelling which targeted the southern countryside of Idlib, where the SOHR monitored on Thursday and Wednesday, shelling by the regime forces and bombardment by helicopters by explosive barrels, which targeted areas in Al-Lataminah and its vicinity and other areas in the northern countryside of Hama, the bombardment also targeted areas in Al-Taman’aa and Al-Tah and its vicinity, as well as Aziziyah area, Khan Shaykhun countryside, Umm Al-Khalakhil and the other areas of Idlib countryside, which resulted in the death of 4 citizens including a child who were killed as a result of bombardment during the truce in both Idlib and Hama countryside, raising to 19 persons at least including 5 children and 4 women, the number of people who have been killed in Tahtaya, Al-Taman’aa, Al-Tah and Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of Idlib, since the 10th of August 2018, the date of the regime forces’ return to escalate their aerial and ground shelling on the southern sector of Idlib countryside.