The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

8 casualties and more than 1000 air and ground strikes are the outcome of the 24th day of the fiercest escalation ever

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored more barrel bombs and raids by the Russian and Syrian warplanes on the “de-escalation” zones, where it rose to 81, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since this morning, and they are: 12 raids on Kafr Nabudah, 10 on Kabani, 7 on Ma’aret Hurmah town, 4 on Hazarin, 4 on Taftanaz Airbase, 4 on Kafr Oweid, 4 on Khan Shaykhun, 4 on Maarat Al-Sin, and 2 raids on each of Kafruma, Qasabiyeh, Arinbeh, Baraboo, al-Rakaya, Kafrsajna, Hish, Abdeen, Kafr Nubl, Tremla, Jbala, Horsh Maarrat al-Nu’man and its countryside, Sfuhen, Latmin, Naqir and Al-Sayyad.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published today afternoon, that it rose to 60, the number of airstrikes carried out by warplanes of the Russian “guarantor” since after midnight, they are: 16 on Kafr Nabudah town and its outskirts, 13 on al-Hbit town south of Idlib, 3 on Tremla, 3 on Hazarin, 3 on the outskirts of Hass, and 2 raids on each of the outskirts and vicinity of Kafr Ain, al-Qassabiyyeh, Kafr Sajna and Mughr al-Hamam, while it rose to 108, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters over towns and villages within the “de-escalation” area since after midnight, they are: 20 on Kafr Nabudah, 14 on al-Hbit, 22 on Kabana, 11 on Hersh al-Qassabiyyeh, 8 on Al-Lataminah, 7 on Tremla 4 on Al-Naqir, 4 on Al-Sayyad, and 2 on each of Midan Ghazal, Deir Senbul, Abdeen, Lahaya, Hzarin and Arinbeh, and with regard to the ground shelling, the regime forces targeted by nearly 710 rocket and artillery shells, Kafr Zita, Al-Sayyad, Al-Hbit, Murak, Kafr Nabudah, Jabal Shashabo, Hawija, Latmin and Al-Jisat, as well as areas in the northern countryside of Hama and both southern and south-western countryside of Idlib.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 672, 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, until today, the 23rd of May 2019, and they are: 212 civilians including 41 children and 43 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 26 including 7 women and a child girl were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 82 including 12 women, 15 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 39 people including 5 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 245 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 215 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.