The land and air shelling escalation kills 5 children and women in Khan Shaykhun and raises the number of casualties in the city to 45 and increases the death toll to 330 people
The regime forces targeted using mortar shells areas in Lahaya village in the northern countryside of Hama within the demilitarized area, the regime forces also renewed the shelling and targeted areas in the vicinity of al-Hbit town in the southern countryside of Idlib, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 5 citizens, they are: 2 women were killed in shelling by the regime forces on areas in Khan Shaykhun city, and 3 children were killed in bombardment by warplanes on areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, thus, raising 45 to including 15 children and 15 women, the number of people killed in Khan Shaykhun since the 9th of February 2019 due to the shelling that targeted the city, raising in turn, to 330 at least, the number of people who were killed since Erdogan – Putin agreement, 147 civilians including 58 children and 29 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, among them 6 citizens including a child, who were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 76 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 14 of the “Jihadi” fighters and 23 fighters of Jaysh al-Izza, who were killed in ambushes and clashes including a commander at least, they were killed in ambushes and attack by the regime forces in the northern countryside of Hama, and 97 members of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the escalation continues by regime’s warplane and the ground forces of the regime and its allies in the Russian – Turkish truce areas and in areas of Putin – Erdogan agreement, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the warplanes carrying out raids by vacuum missiles on areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, in conjunction with the escalating the artillery shelling against areas in the city which killed a child girl, and information about injured people trapped under the rubble, and in the same context within the successive violations of the regime forces and their warplanes, the warplanes carried out new targeting using heavy machine guns targeting areas on the outskirts of al-Tamanah town in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, and Saraqib town in the eastern countryside of Idlib, but no information about casualties yet, in addition to shelling targeted areas on the outskirts of Qal’aat al-Madiq town at the northwestern countryside of Hama, and Bidama and al-Najeya town in the western countryside of Jisr al-Shughur in the western countryside of Idlib, and Tal al-Sultan and Ras al-Ayn in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and Jazraya town in the southern countryside of Aleppo, while the regime forces targeted by tens of rocket shells areas in Hersh Abdeen and Mughr al-Hanta village in the southern countryside of Idlib, and in the same context, the factions operating in the northern countryside of Hama targeted by several missiles areas in Muhradah city which is inhabited by Christian citizens, in addition to Salhab town and Safsafiyah village which are controlled by the regime forces in the western countryside of Hama, and positions of the regime forces at Abu al-Duhur airbase in the eastern countryside of Idlib, which caused material damage, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that violations repeated in an escalating manner in areas of the Russian – Turkish truce in the 4 provinces and the “demilitarized” areas of Putin – Erdogan agreement, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today, the 26th of February 2019, the escalation and continuation of violations within the 4 provinces, where the warplanes carried out 2 raids on areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib and another raid on Saraqib town in the eastern countryside of Idlib, which injured several people, while the regime forces stepped their shelling targeting areas in Kafr Zita town and the villages of al-Sahriyya and al-Sakhr in the northern countryside of Hama within the demilitarized area, in conjunction with targeting other areas in al-Ziyara town in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama, also the regime forces targeted by several mortar shells areas on the outskirts of al-Tamanah town, Sukayk village, the abandoned battalion, Saraqib town, Tal al-Sultan, and Taweel al-Haleeb in the eastern and southern countryside of Idlib, and areas in the villages of al-Mestriha and al-Karkat in Jabal Shashabo in the southwestern countryside of Idlib, which caused material damage.