The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

For the second day in a row, hundreds of ground and airstrikes target Khan Shaykhun city south of Idlib causing massive destruction in the city

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the death of a woman affected by injuries she had in bombing by Russian warplanes on areas in Jisr al-Shughur city a few days ago, and in the same context, it rose to 46, 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, and Jub Kas and al-Bawabiyyah in the southern countryside of Idlib, while it rose to 31, 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 2541, 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 July 2019, and they are: 672 civilians including 173 children and 133 citizen women, and they are 80 including 24 children and 22 women, and 3 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 20th  of July 2019, the and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 3070 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 3299 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1040 civilians including 283 children and 211 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.