The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 10 members of Soqur al-Sham were assassinated by clan gunmen loyal to the regime in eastern countryside of Idlib

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that clan gunmen loyal to the regime forces carried out a sudden operation after midnight of yesterday against site of one of the factions in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: clan gunmen loyal to the regime infiltrated one of the headquarters of Soqur al-Sam faction in al-Shaarah village in the eastern countryside of Idlib, where  they assassinated a group of the faction, confiscated their weapons, then they fled away, and the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 11 members of Soqur al-Sham in this assassination which was carried out by light weapons, in addition to the injury of several members, also the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4 fighters of the factions by snipers fire in Sahl al-Ghab area in the northwestern countryside of Hama.

In the same context, regime’s warplanes targeted on Thursday morning areas in Morek town and Latmin village in the northern countryside of Hama, while the helicopters dropped after midnight of yesterday barrel bombs on Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, and Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, also the Russian warplanes carried out several raids after midnight on Kafr Zita town north of Hama, and Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, while the contact areas in the mountains of the coast, the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama, and the southern countryside of Idlib, witnessed exchange of shelling and targeting between the regime forces and the factions, where the regime forces were able to advance yesterday evening and control positions and points in the eastern areas of Tal Meleh village northwest Hama, after clashes against the factions and the jihadist groups in the area, also the Syrian Observatory documented the death of a civilian, where he was shot by a sniper in al-Khalidiya neighborhood, which is controlled by the regime forces in Aleppo city.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 2879, 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 1st of June 2019, and they are: 859 civilians including 211 children and 159 citizen women, and they are 149 including 31 children and 35 women, and 6 of the civil defense and 3 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 63 including 15 women and 10 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 470 including 129 children, 77 women, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 102 people including 19 women and 17 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 75 citizens including 25 children and 13 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, Qamhana, Al-Rasif, Al-Aziziyah, Karnaz, Jurin, Al-Nairab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 1043 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 655 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 1007 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 1st of July 2019, the and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 3408 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1145 civilians including 294 children under the age of eighteen and 223 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 101 people including 30 children under the age of eighteen and 17 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1139 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 700 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1124 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 3636 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1228 civilians including 322 children and 237 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 102 people including 30 children and 16 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1206 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 713 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1204 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.