The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Warplanes of the regime and the Russian “guarantor” escalate their airstrikes and target by about 70 strikes and barrel bombs the “de-escalation” area

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored intensive air and ground shelling on “Putin – Erdogan” area within the 82nd day of the most violent escalation, where it rose to 29, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on Khan Shaykhun, Tar’ei, al-Taman’aa, the vicinity of Ariha, al-Arba’in area, Kansafra, Iblin, Balyoun, Bsames, and Frika in Idlib countryside, and Tal Meleh, al-Jabin, al-Arba’in, and Kafr Zita in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama, also warplanes of the Russian “guarantor” carried out 23 raids at least on places in Khan Shaykhun, Bidama town, the vicinity of al-Hambushiyyeh, al-Kheder area, and Kabani area in the countryside of Idlib and Latakia, and Kafr Zita, al-Qarqour, al-Sermaniyyeh, Dwayr al-Akrad north and northwest of Hama, while it rose to 16, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on Khan Shaykhun south of Idlib and Stuh al-Deir village in Jabal Shashabo and Kabani area in the northern countryside of Latakia.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 2540, 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 19th of July 2019, and they are: 671 civilians including 173 children and 132 citizen women, and they are 79 including 24 children and 21 women, and 2 of the civil defense were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 58 including 14 women and 10 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 392 including 103 children, 70 women, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 88 people including 16 women and 11 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 53 citizens including 19 children and 10 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, Qamhana, Al-Rasif, Al-Aziziyah, Karnaz, Al-Nairab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 963 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 606 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 906 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 19th  of July 2019, the and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 3069 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 958 civilians including 255 children under the age of eighteen and 196 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 81 people including 26 children under the age of eighteen and 16 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1049 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 651 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1062 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 3298 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1039 civilians including 283 children and 210 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 83 people including 26 children and 15 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1116 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 665 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1143 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.