95 were killed within 24 hours of hit-and-run clashes between the regime forces and the factions in the countryside of Idlib and Hama
Squadrons of warplanes and helicopters continue to fly in the skies of countryside of Idlib and Hama, in conjunction with carrying out more intense strikes on areas in both countryside, where they targeted this evening sites of the factions and the contact points with them, in addition to targeting the towns of Saraqib, Jarjanaz and Talmanas, raising to more than 200 raids and barrel bomb, the number of airstrikes carried out by warplanes and helicopters and targeted today the clash areas, and cities and towns of the northern northeastern countryside of Hama, and the southern, eastern and southeastern countryside of Idlib.
In the same context, cautious calm prevails the battlefronts of the northern countryside of Hama and the southeastern countryside of Idlib, after the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them have regained control of the entire areas they lost except the villages of Zarzour, Om al-Khalakhil and Mshirfah Shmali, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented more casualties in the ranks of both parties after the clashes, aerial bombardment and shelling since Wednesday, the 10th of January 2017, until the evening of the 11th of the same month, where it rose to 51 at least, the number casualties of members of the regime forces and their allied militiamen including an officer, and others have been injured, while 26 members of the regime forces and allies were captured today and yesterday, while it rose to 44 including 3 commanders, the number of fighters of the faction who were killed in the same clashes and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.
And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this afternoon that the factions which started this dawn a violent and counter attack on position of the regime forces and the villages they controlled during the past few days, managed to achieve further advancement in the area, and expand their scope of control, where they regained the control of 9 villages, 2 farms and a checkpoint until now which are: ((Al-Hamdania, Al-Salumiya, Al-Jadu’iyya, Mshirfah Shamali, Al-Khwaiyn, Zarzur, Atshan, Umm Al-Khalakhil, Tell Maraq)), and they also controlled the farms of Al-Hussein and Al-Naddaf Farms as well as Al-Halil checkpoint.