The Russian – Turkish truce in the four provinces witnesses a cautious calm in its areas along with artillery shelling by the regime forces

The cautious calm prevails areas of the Russian – Turkish truce in its four areas of Hama, Idlib, Latakia, and Aleppo since midnight of yesterday until the moment, intersected by a breach carried out by the regime forces Monday morning where they shelled areas in al-Zakat village in the northern countryside of Hama, they also targeted areas in the villages of al-Khwyn and Um al-Khalakhil in the southeastern sector of Idlib countryside, but no information about casualties, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday night that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored new breaches of the Russian – Turkish truce, where the regime forces shelled in the last hours areas in al-Khwyn village and places in al-Zarzour and Om al-Khalakhil areas in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, the regime forces also shelled areas in the village of al-Janabera “al-Bana” in the northern countryside of Hama, which caused material damage but no information about casualties.

The Syrian Observatory published hours ago the explosions rocked areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, caused by artillery shelling by the regime forces, which targeted areas in Al-Khwaiyn village and its vicinity along with targeting to places in Al-Taman’aa area, which caused further material damage, without information about casualties, in a new breach by the regime forces against the Russian – Turkish truce applied in 4 provinces, and the Syrian Observatory monitored today, Sunday, the regime forces targeting areas in Jabal Al-Akrad and the hills of Kabanah in Lattakia countryside, followed by shelling on areas near the contact lines in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, without information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory also monitored the regime forces targeting noon of today areas in the vicinity of al-Lataminah town, and places in the vicinity of al-Zakat village in the northern countryside of Hama, followed by targeting by the Islamic factions, to positions of the regime forces in Jurin area in the north-western countryside of Hama, while the SOHR published today morning, Sunday, that the violations of the Russian – Turkish truce continue in the provinces of Idlib, Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed targeting this morning for areas in al-Lataminah town in the northern countryside of Hama by several artillery shells which caused material damage, also a fighter of the Islamic factions died affected by injuries he had in shelling by the regime forces targeted areas in Jabal al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Latakia, raising to 56, the number of people killed since the 15th of August until today the 16th of September 2018, they are: 3 citizens including 2 children were killed in barrel bombs bombardment by regime’s helicopters, 15 citizens including 5 children and 2 women were killed in shelling by the regime forces’ artillery and missile shells on areas of the Turkish – Russian truce in Idlib, Hama, and Aleppo, and 17 citizens including 7 children and 4 citizens were killed in bombardment by Russian warplanes, also the casualties were killed in the provinces of Idlib, Hama, and Aleppo, the overwhelming majority of them were in Idlib and Hama, and 9 fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions were killed in aerial bombardment and shelling by the regime forces on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, also 12 citizens including 6 children and 5 citizens were killed in the fall of shells launched by Ansar al-Tawhid faction on the regime forces-controlled city of Muhradah in the northwestern countryside of Hama and the fall of a shell on Aleppo city, and tens of others were injured with varying severity.

While the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored in the recent weeks the increase in pace of regime’s preparations to start the grand battle of Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory learned from intersected sources that the regime forces have mobilized the majority of their forces who fought previously against the factions and the “Islamic State” organization, and moved them to the contact lines and clash fronts in the countryside of Idlib, Hama, Latakia, and Aleppo, in order to have the upper hand in the battle, for which they have mobilized more than 2000 armored vehicle so far, and called for tens of thousands of members of their forces and the gunmen loyal to them, in addition to summoning their officers and operation commanders, headed by the Brigadier General Suhail al-Hassan, known as the “al-Nemr” (the tiger), while the regime forces are following the tactic of scattered shelling, through moving the shelled area between the day and the other, and concentrating the shelling each time on an area without the other, to disperse fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions, Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamic Turkestani Party, and the factions operating in factions’ controlled areas north, east, and west of the contact line between the regime forces and the factions, extending from the northern mountains of Latakia to the southern countryside of Aleppo passing through Sahl al-Ghab and the eastern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, while the areas of control of the rebel and Islamic factions, the National Liberation Front, the Turkestani  Islamic party, Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, Hurras al-Dien Organization also witnessed preparations to confront these large crowds if the battle was launched, where they dug tunnels and trenches, strengthened their positions and points, and increased the number of their fighters on the fronts.