The warplanes and helicopters target the areas between the north of Hama and the east of Idlib by 175 explosive barrels and raids leaving a large number of casualties and wounded
The bombardment escalates on the eastern section of Idlib to the northern countryside of Hama after Suhail Al-Hassan was assigned to lead the operations in the area
The regime forces with their warplanes, helicopters, shells and missiles are continuing to escalate their shelling on the southern, the eastern and the south-eastern countryside of Idlib as well as the northern and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, backed by squadrons of Russian warplanes which take part in the bombardment, following two main events, the first was the arrival of military reinforcements of the regime forces and their allies of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities in Hama and Idlib countryside to take part in the combat operations, and assigning the Brigadier in the regime forces, Suhail Al-Hassan, known as the “Tiger” to lead the operation, and he is known for using aircraft intensively in the preliminary and combat operations, and he was the owner of the theory of explosive barrels which cased damage in large parts to the infrastructure, buildings, property and public facilities in Aleppo city and its countryside in addition to his operations in Hama, Al-Raqqah or even in Palmyra and the eastern countryside of Homs or in Deir Ezzor, and the second was the attack that was carried out by the rebel and Islamic factions on Zilaqiat area in the northern countryside of Hama, which lasted for only few hours as the regime forces managed to absorb the attack and they regained the control of the areas they lost in the north of Hama, followed by hysterical intensive shelling that has continued since the 17th of December 2017.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has monitored since morning, Monday the 25th of December 2017, that the warplanes carried out more than 75 raids in conjunction with bombardment by about 100 explosive barrels carried out by the regime’s helicopters, and the bombardment targeted Khan Shaykhun, Saraqeb, Tal Mardikh, Sukayk, Al-Taman’aa, Al-Khwaiyn, Sheikh Baraka, Sinjar Township, Abu Dali, Al-Mshirfah, Abu Al-Duhur, Tell Touqan, Kafr Amim, Tel Ammar, and Tell Maraq in the southern, the eastern and the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, and Qubaybat, Um Haratayn, Atshan, Dajaj and Al-Lataminah in the northern and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, and the intensive bombardment caused the death of 6 citizens including 3 women and 2 children who were killed in the raids which targeted Tel Emara, , Al-Zafr Camp, Tell Touqan and Sheikh Baraka, and the bombardment resulted in the fall of a large number of wounded of fighters and citizens.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored yesterday morning the flight of a squadron of 10 warplanes on Sunday morning the 24th of December 2017, in conjunction with carrying out intensive airstrikes on areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, and Sinjar Township in the eastern section of Idlib, targeting areas in the villages and the towns of Bayud, al-Shakuziyyeh, Al-Junaynah, Al-Qasr, Al-Rahjan, Umm Sehrij, Abu Dali, Al-Mshirfah, villages in Sinjar Township, villages in Al-Hamra Township, and other areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions in the both countryside, and no information about casualties was reported yet.