More than 1150 air and ground strikes within 24 hours of the return of the heaviest escalation to the “Putin – Erdogan” area along with the violent clashes killed about 95 people
It rose to at least 19, at least, the number of civilians who were killed since midnight of yesterday until the moment, in the shelling the targeted the “de-escalation” area, and they are: 4 people were killed in shelling by regime’s Sukhoi warplanes on Saraqib town east of Idlib, a boy under the age of eighteen, was killed in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Jisr al-Shughur city, and 2 citizens were killed in shelling by regime’s warplanes on Ma’aret Hurmah town in Idlib countryside, and 12 of them including a children were killed raids by warplanes on Maarrat al-Nu’man city in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.
Also it rose to 53, the number barrel bombs dropped by helicopters since after midnight, and they are: 27 on the clash areas in Kafr Nabudah and Jabal Shashabo, 12 on al-Hbit, 4 on Kabani in Jabal al-Akrad, 3 on al-Ankawi, 3 on Hawijah, 2 on Abdeen, and 2 on Midan Ghazal, while it rose to 69, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on the Mountains of the coast, Hama, and Idlib countryside since after midnight, they are 29 on the clash areas in Kafr Nabudah, 5 on al-Hbit town, 5 on Khan Shaykhun and its vicinity, 4 on Saraqib, 3 on Ma’aret Hurmah and its outskirts, 3 on Kafrsajna, and 2 raids on each of Jisr al-Shughur city, al-Bara, Ishtabraq, al-Sheikh Mustafa, Morek, outskirts of Ain Laroz, Mughr al-Hamam, Ariha, the outskirts of Kafruma, and Tremla.
While the clashes continue between the jihadi groups and factions against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, in places at Jabal Shashabo and Sahl al-Ghab, and the outskirts and the surrounding of Kafr Nabudah, after continued attacks by the factions to restore the areas they lost to the regime forces in the last few days, amid intense and continuous shelling between both parties, which raised to about 390, the number of shells and missiles launched by the regime forces on the factions’ areas, amid the launch of tens of missiles by the latter on sites of the first since after midnight of yesterday until the moment.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 611, the number of people who were killed since the 30th of April 2019, the date of start of the most violent escalation in terms of aerial and ground bombardment, shelling, and targeting since Putin – Erdogan agreement, and they are: 200 civilians including 39 children and 41 citizen women, and they are 44 including 13 children and 12 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 25 including 7 women and a child girl were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 70 including 12 women, 13 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 36 people including 6 women and 3 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 21 citizens including 10 children and 3 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 210 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 201 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.
And with the fall of more casualties, the death toll rises in the heaviest continuous escalation on its 32nd day, to 764 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 22nd of May 2019, they are 250 civilians including 53 children and 52 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 25 civilian casualties including 10 children and 4 citizen women were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions on Aleppo city, al-Hadir town south of Aleppo, al-Khandeq village, and al-Suqaylabiyah town in Hama countryside, and 19 people were killed in the explosion of a truck loaded with high-explosive materials owned by the jihadi groups in Jisr al-Shughur city west of Idlib, and 228 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 267 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed in attacks by the jihadi groups on several areas of the demilitarized area.
And during the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until today, the 22nd of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 1140 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 488 civilians including 123 children under the age of eighteen and 110 woman over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the Russian aerial bombardment and the rocket shelling by the regime forces and the factions, and among the death toll of civilians there are 49 people including 16 children under the age of eighteen and 9 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 296 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 185 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 356 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.
While the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented since the start of the Russian – Turkish truce the death of 1369 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 568 civilians including 154 children and 122 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, targeting, and bombardment by warplanes, and among them there are 52 people including 16 children and 8 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 363 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 199 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 438 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.