The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Warplanes of the Russian “guarantor” and the regime escalate their airstrikes this morning on “Putin-Erdogan” area, leaving casualties and wounded

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a man and a woman as a result of rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces on al-Zakat village in the northern countryside of Hama, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, also the Syrian Observatory monitored the renew of aerial bombardment on “Putin – Erdogan” area Sunday morning; after the Russian and Syrian warplanes were absent from the skies for a few hours, where the Russian and regime’s warplanes carried out intense raids on Kabani area in Jabal al-Akrad, also the helicopters dropped barrel bombs on Kabani area amid intensive rocket shelling, while regime’s warplanes carried out more than 28 air raids this morning on places in al-Hbit, Sheikh Mustafa, al-Faqea, Karsa’a, Kafrlateh, Sfuhen, and Tremla in the southern countryside of Idlib, al-Lataminah in the northern countryside of Hama, and the vicinity of ICARDA in the southern countryside of Aleppo, while the Russian warplanes bombarded al-Lataminah town this morning and Khan Shaykhun city after midnight of yesterday, while violent clashes took place after midnight of yesterday in Kabani area at Jabal al-Akrad; between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the Jihadi groups, accompanied by intense raids carried out by regime’s warplanes as well as heavy ground shelling, in the context of the renewed attacks by the regime forces on the area, while the Syrian Observatory documented the death of at least 6 members of the regime forces killed during clashes, and 4 of the Jihadi groups were killed in shelling and clashes, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, also there is information about other casualties.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1000, 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 the 2nd of June 2019, and they are: 322 civilians including 77 children and 71 citizen women, and they are 45 including 15 children and 16 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 36 including 8 women and 4 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 168 including 36 women, 44 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 50 people including 7 women and 4 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 22 citizens including 10 children and 4 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 396 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 282 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 43rd day, to 1150 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 2nd of June 2019, they are 372 civilians including 91 children and 79 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 26 civilian casualties including 10 children and 5 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 411 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 348 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, 2nd of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 1529 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 610 civilians including 161 children under the age of eighteen and 135 women 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 50 people including 16 children under the age of eighteen and 10 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 482 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 304 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 437 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 1758 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 690 civilians including 191 children and 147 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 549 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 39 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 519 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.