The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

18 members and fighters of the Islamic and jihadi factions were killed after a night infiltration carried out by regime’s groups in Abdeen area south of Idlib

The Syrian Observatory documented the increase in number of fighters of the Islamic factions and the Jihadis who were killed since midnight of yesterday until this morning to 24, they were killed in the hostilities at al-Tamanah area southeast of Idlib, and after an infiltration operation carried out by members of the regime forces in Abdeen area in the southern countryside of Idlib, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the killing of about 18 fighters of the Islamic factions including 11 Jihadis; after an infiltration operation carried out by the regime forces and militias loyal to them in Abdeen town area after midnight of yesterday, and in details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: a group of the regime forces was able to infiltrate and access points where the factions are present, where they killed 3 of the factions, but a group intervened to protect the points and they killed most of the group, after that members of the regime forces who have rifles equipped with night vision binoculars withdrew, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented during today’s clash the death of 6 of the jihadi factions in the continuous clashes on al-Tamanah area in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, in addition to 4 members of the regime forces in the same clashes.

In the same context, it rose to 28, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes targeting Khan al-Sobol, the international road of Aleppo – Damascus, al-Tah, Marshmarin, al-Ghadqa, Om Jalal, Tahtaya, Babbila, Jarjanaz, and Abu Makki in Idlib countryside, while it rose to 22, the number of raids carried out by the Russian “guarantor’s” warplanes which targeted areas Kabani and al-Kheder in the northern countryside of Latakia and Om Jalal area in the eastern countryside of Idlib, while regime’s helicopters dropped about 24 barrel bombs on al-Tah, the surroundings of Talmanas, and Marshmarin and areas in the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man, the regime forces also launched hundreds of shells and missiles on Tal Jaafar, al-Ameriyah, Kafrsajna, Om Jalal, the vicinity of Jarjanaz, and al-Ghadqa in the southern and eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man, also the regime forces shelled Kabani, al-Khadr, and al-Teffahiyyeh in the Latakia countryside, and areas in Sahl al-Ghab at the western countryside of Hama.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 4078, 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 30th of August 2019, and they are: 1039 civilians including 259 children and 185 citizen women, and they are 224 including 44 children and 43 women, and 8 of the civil defense and 5 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 88 including 19 women and 15 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 532 including 152 children, 89 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 112 people including 20 women and 21 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 80 citizens including 26 children and 14 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 1087 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1087 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1391 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 30th of August 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4060 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1324 civilians including 340 children under the age of eighteen and 249 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 106 people including 31 children under the age of eighteen and 18 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1734  fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1123 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1548 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 4836 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1407 civilians including 369 children and 263 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 107 people including 31 children and 19 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1801 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1224 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1628 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.