The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 140 raids by Russian planes target villages of the northern countryside of Hama since the hours of last night pave for advancement of the regime forces in the area

The southeastern and southern countryside of Idlib and the northeastern countryside of Hama have witnessed the heaviest raids since the start of the pave for the advancement battles in the northeastern countryside of Hama, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Russian warplanes carrying out more than 140 raids targeting villages, farms and residential communities in areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions in in the countryside of Hama, and in other areas in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, while the violent clashes continue between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against fighters of the rebel and Islamic factions, in areas in the vicinity of villages and hills of Om Khazim, Blil, al-Tlue’ and Om Trikiyyeh in the countryside of Hama, of which the regime forces managed to control them all except for the village of Om Trikiyyeh, in which the clashes are still taking place, in an attempt by the regime forces to advance in the area control-and-hold the control of the new areas.

The Syrian Observatory also published this morning that the last night witnessed the continuation of the warplanes to target the controlled areas of the factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, and these warplanes carried out tens of strikes which targeted villages and areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, while the violent clashes in continuing between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in several areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces stared their violent attack this morning the 8th of November 2017, and the attack concentrated in the areas of Talat Umm Khuzaim, Talat Al-Tallu’, Turaykiyah and Boleel, in which the regime forces managed to take the control of Talat Al-Tallu’ and Boleel, amid great advancement in the area of Talat Khuzaim, while the clashes are still continuing in an attempt by the regime forces to hold their control over the area, and the intensive fighting and shelling resulted in the death of members in the ranks of the both parties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published during the past 24 hours, that the clashes continued between the regime forces supported by gunmen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, on areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, as a result of the continuous attack by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, which enabled it to regain the control of a hill in the area, while the shelling by the regime forces on the clash areas continued, Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham also detonated a booby trapped vehicle targeting a gathering of the regime forces in the area of Aniq Bajra in the northeastern countryside of Hama as a start of its violent attack on the area, in conjunction with the continuation of clashes in the areas of Om Trikiyyeh, Tal Khazim, Sarha, Blil and al-Shakuziyyeh, in an attempt by the regime forces to restore areas they lost earlier, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the regime forces managed to advance in the area, and restored sites in the vicinity of Blil, Tal Khazim and Om Trikiyyeh, and the Syrian Observatory for Human rights published on Tuesday that the attack on the north-eastern countryside of Hama does not almost end, to be followed by another one, as a part of fierce clashes, during which the regime forces are trying to impose their control on new areas, at the expense of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions, as the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored this morning the 7th of November 2017, that the fierce fighting renewed between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and rebel and Islamic factions, and the clashes concentrated in areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, as a result of the start of a new attack by the regime forces targeted positions of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in which he regime forces managed to achieve advancement in the area and to regain the control of positions in the vicinity of Talat Khuzaim and other positions in the area, while the violent explosions has rocked Hama countryside since this dawn, as a result of the violent artillery and rocket shelling, by the regime forces on the clash areas and the controlled areas of the factions, in conjunction with carrying out intensive air strikes by warplanes targeted the same areas, and resulted in the fall of confirmed casualties.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored last night the flight of a squadron of warplanes over the north-eastern countryside of Hama, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the alternation of 6 warplanes to carry out intensive raids, on places in the villages of Al-Hamra Township and Al-Rahjan village – the hometown of the Minister of Defense of the regime Fahd Jassem al-Freij, in conjunction with there targeting to the clash areas, between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also monitored last night that Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham managed to regain the control of the enter Sarha village few hours after the regime forces took the control of it, as well as regaining the control of the villages of Tal Khuzaim, Umm Turaykiyah and Al-Boleel, which were controlled by the regime forces.

Also the displacement of the citizens from the villages of the north-eastern countryside of Hama is still continuing, as a result of the intensive aerial raids and the violent artillery shelling as well as the fierce clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, in which the number of the displaced people exceeded 42 thousand displaced people, of who headed to safe areas far from the clashes and shelling, while these clashes are still continuing , in which it started on the 24th of October 2017, preceded by two consecutive days of preparation, since the 22nd of October 2017, by the regime forces, through heavy shelling of tens of missiles and shells, and bombardment by warplanes and tens of air strikes on the areas controlled by ISIS, located between the areas controlled by the regime forces and the areas controlled by Tahrir Al-Sham, and the regime forces managed to infiltrate to the areas controlled by ISIS, and reach Jub Abyad area and began on the 24th of October their fight against Tahrir Al-Sham, where hit-and-run battles and ex exchange of control operations and counter attacks took place between both parties, these battles coincided with hundreds of air strikes on Tahrir Al-Sham-held areas, where there was at least 570 air strikes on villages and areas controlled by the factions and Tahrir Al-Sham, and the clashes caused a great number of human losses in the ranks of the regime forces, the factions and Tahrir Al-Sham, where at least 134 members and fighters were killed, including at least 57 members of the regime forces and their allied militiamen, and tens of both parties were injured with different degrees of severity.