The attrition Battle continues northwest of Hama and kills 35 of the regime forces, the factions, and the Jihadis in continuous attacks by the regime forces on Tal Meleh and al-Jabin villages
The Syrian Observatory documented the death of one civilian at least in aerial bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Hish town south of Idlib, also a woman was killed in air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on al-Mastouma area in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, in addition to information about other casualties.
While the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them with the support of Russian Forces; continue their attacks on the areas of al-Jabin and Tal Meleh at the northwestern countryside of Hama, where the violent clashes continue against the rebel and Islamic factions and the Jihadi groups since midnight of yesterday until the moment, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that during this period the regime forces carried out 3 attacks in order to advance in the region but they all failed, as the factions and jihadist groups managed to repel the attacks despite the heavy ground and air cover of the regime forces, and the Syrian Observatory documented more casualties, where it rose to 21, the number of casualties of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who were killed on Thursday in the shelling, targeting, mine explosions, and the violent clashes northwest of Hama, also 14 fighters were killed during the aerial and ground bombardment and the ongoing battles since after midnight, including 6 of the rebel and Islamic factions.
In the same context, it rose to 59, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since after midnight until the moment targeted areas in Tal Meleh, al-Jabin, al-zakat, Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, Hasraya, and Al-Arba’in in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama, and Al-Hbit, Ma’aret Hurmah, Armanaya, Kafruma, Hish, Tremla, outskirts Maarrat Al-Nu’man, and the vicinity of al-Mastouma area at the southern countryside of Idlib.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1822, 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 20th of June 2019, and they are: 466 civilians including 112 children and 96 citizen women, and they are 53 including 16 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 43 including 9 women and 5 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 268 including 51 women, 67 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 66 people including 10 women and 9 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 36 citizens including 15 children and 8 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 760 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 489 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 596 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.
And during the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until the 20th of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2350 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 753 civilians including 198 children under the age of eighteen and 160 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 64 people including 21 children under the age of eighteen and 14 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 846 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 534 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 751 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 2580 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 834 civilians including 226 children and 172 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 66 people including 21 children and 12 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 913 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 549 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 833 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.