The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

48 hours of raids by Russian warplanes as well as the regime’s warplanes leave 20 civilian casualties and tens of injuries with the continuation of bombing on Hama and Idlib countryside

The Russian and Syrian warplanes continue their targeting for the 3rd consecutive day to areas in the northern and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, and areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, where the warplanes bombed after the midnight of Wednesday – Thursday, areas in Khan Shaykhun city and Kafr Nubl and Al-Hbit toens and Sahyan village in the southern countryside of Idlib, and other areas in Kafr Zita and Kafr Nabudah towns in the northern countryside of Hama, while warplanes carried out this dawn 4 raids at least on areas in Maarrat Al-Nu’man city and its southern outskirts and Al-Taman’aa town, in the southern countryside of Idlib, without causing casualties till now, and warplanes also bombed this morning areas in Khirbat al-Naqus and Al-Ziyarah villages in Sahl Al-Ghab, in the north-western countryside of Hama, and areas in Al-Zakah village north of Hama, and Sheikh Mustafa in the southern countryside of Idlib, while warplanes renewed their bombing this morning on areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, which resulted in the death of 3 citizens of one family, they are a man, his wife and their daughter displaced from Khitab town in Hama countryside, while a woman was killed by bombing by helicopters on Al-Taman’aa town, amid violent clashes since yesterday after midnight till now, between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza, and Islamic factions on the other, in several areas in the northern and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, where the regime forces managed to retake the control of Al-Qahirah village, while Jaysh Al-Nasr targeted by tens of Grad missiles areas in Salhab and Shatha towns, in the western countryside of Hama, which are controlled by the regime forces, last night and this morning, which resulted in the fall of wounded.

And with the fall of more civilian casualties by the raids, the number of casualties who were killed during the past 48 hours by raids by the Russian warplanes as well as regime’s warplanes on the cities and towns of Khan Shaykhun, Qalaat al-Madiq, Al-Tah, Jarjnaz, Al-Sahriyya, Al-Hbit and Kafr Nabudah in the southern countryside of Idlib and the north-western and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, has increased to 20 citizens including 3 children and 9 citizen women, and the shelling also resulted in the injury of tens of people some of them are seriously wounded, which may lead to the increase of the number of casualties, while a child and two citizens women were killed by targeting to Salhab and Al-Suqaylabiyah towns which are controlled by the regime forces in the western countryside of Hama, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights observed since the battle of the Last Attempt started on Tuesday air strikes targeting the civil defense centers in Khan Shaykhun, Al-Taman’aa and Kafr Nubl in the southern countryside of Idlib, in addition to targeting hospitals and medical points in the southern countryside of Idlib by warplanes and helicopters, which are the medical mercy Point of Khan Shaykhun and al-Rahman Obstetrics Hospital in the town of al-Tah which were targeted directly, in addition to targeting the vicinity of a hospital in Kafr Nubl town, and the vicinity of a hospital in Talmanas and the vicinity of a medical point in Maarzita.

It worth mentioning  that this battle of the last attempt, comes in an effort by the factions to achieve advancement in the area and take the control of the villages which close the distance between them and the strategic mountain of Zayn Al-Abidin and Hama city, while this battle comes after preparations lasted for days in which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham intended to tell the citizens in the villages in the far southern countryside of Idlib and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, to leave their houses to avoid the intensive shelling which will be carried out on the area if the operation starts, thus, the area witnessed a displacement movement during the past days to villages far from the areas of this military operation, while Hama province witnessed months ago violent clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, and the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in which they managed to take the control of a large number of villages and towns, under a cover of intensive shelling, then the regime forces came and retook the control on the whole areas they lost.