The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

A regime officer among 13 members of regime and factions killed in today’s clashes in Hama and Idlib

An officer was killed and other four regime soldiers were injured due to rocket and artillery shelling by rebel factions on villages and towns in Sahl Al-Ghab today evening.

In connection to this, several artillery shells fell on Al-Zahraa neighborhood in Aleppo city. Meanwhile the regime forces shelled positions of the factions in the vicinity of Aleppo city.

HTS also targeted positions of regime soldiers and loyalists in Al-Tah town with artillery.

Other factions targeted positions of the regime forces in Khan Shaykhun city in rural Idlib, and Asilah and Jib Ramla towns in the western countryside of Hama with missiles.

The Syrian Observatory has documented four raids by Russian warplanes targeted Maarshmarin town, after more than 24 hours of aerial operations cessation.

At the same time regime forces stationed in Idlib fired artillery shells and missiles on tal Mannas, Khan Al-Sabil, Kafr Nubl, Hazarin, Maarrat Al-Nu’man, Kansafra, Deir Sharqi and other areas in rural Maarrat Al-Nu’man. They also shelled Saraqib town with missiles loaded with cluster bombs.

SOHR documented today, the killing of four regime soldiers in clashes against rebel factions in one of frontline areas in the vicinity of Abu Dafnah village in the eastern countryside of Idlib. Other two regime soldiers were killed after being targeted by a guided missile in Jarjnaz town.

On the other hand, three fighters of rebel factions were killed in the same areas, in addition to the killing of three other fighters in shelling and clashes against the regime soldiers and loyalists in Al-Zahraa and Al-Rashideen west of Aleppo city.

With the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1329, the number of people who were killed since the last agreement of “Putin – Erdogan” on the 31st of August 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 today, and they are: 313 civilians including 83 children and 62 citizen women, and they are 140 including 43 children and 24 women were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 21 including 3 women and 7 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 61 including 7 children 13 women were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 77 people including 20 women and 21 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 14 citizens including 5 children and 2 women were killed in shelling by the factions on regime forces’-controlled areas in Aleppo and its countryside and the countryside of Hama, while at least 489 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 351 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 527 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

It rose to at least 5430, 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 today, and they are: 1358 civilians including 343 children and 248 citizen women, and they are 366 including 87 children and 67 women, and 9 of the civil defense and 6 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 109 including 22 women and 22 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 598 including 162 children, 103 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 191 people including 40 women and 41 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 94 citizens including 31 children and 16 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 2154 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1438 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1918 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

During the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until today; the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 5956 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1641 civilians including 424 children under the age of eighteen and 312 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 120 people including 34 children under the age of eighteen and 20 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 2240 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1470 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 2075 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 6190 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1724 civilians including 453 children and 326 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 121 people including 34 children and 21 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 2307 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1574 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 2159 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.