The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Dramatical increase in committing massacre against civilians in Daraa claim the lives of 29 in the last 24 hours, the highest death toll in 10 days of escalation on the province

Daraa Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: with the continuation of intensive shelling and bombardment on Daraa province by the regime forces, warplanes, and helicopters, the number of civilian people who are killed continues to rise as a result of the continued killing, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored aerial bombardment targeted areas in Dael town in the northern Daraa countryside, Nawa city in the northwestern countryside of Daraa, and other areas in the towns of Eastern Kark, al-Hrak, al-Msifra and other places in the eastern countryside of Daraa, where the raids that took place this morning killed 5 civilians, they are: 4 casualties in Dael including a woman, and a citizen was killed in raids on Nawa city, also the raids caused a large number of injuries which may raise the death toll of civilians, and the Syrian Observatory has documented during the last 24 hours the highest death toll since the start of escalation on June 19th, 2018, where the toll of casualties reached 29 civilian casualties including 10 children and 5 women, which is a major escalation in committing massacres by the regime forces against civilians of Daraa Province.

And with the fall of more casualties due to the bombardment by warplanes, helicopter and the shelling by the regime forces, it raises to at least 76, the number of civilian people who were killed within 10 continuous days of escalation on Daraa Province, including a woman and her son, other 12 women and 14 children, and 2 members of the civil defense, who were killed as a result of the artillery and missile shelling, and bombardment by the Russian and regime’s warplanes and helicopters on the countryside of Daraa, while the Syrian Observatory published yesterday night, Wednesday, that it rose to 22 at least, the number of members of the regime forces and their allies who were killed in detonating 2 booby trapped vehicles targeted them in Nahte town, raising to 58 at least, the number of members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them including officers, of who were killed in the shelling and clashes during the same period, in Daraa countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also documented that the number of factions’ fighters who have been killed in the aerial and ground shelling and violent clashes, since the 19th of June 2018.

The Syrian Observatory published morning o-f today, Thursday, that warplanes and helicopters continue to fly in the eastern countryside of Daraa Province, in conjunction with carrying out more intensive air strikes, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the Russian warplanes carrying out more than 53 raids since midnight of yesterday until now; Thursday morning, where they targeted by 25 raids places in Bosr al-Sham and 15 other raids on areas in al-Hrak town, and about 13 raids on places in the vicinity of Rakham and al-Msifra and other places in the area, also the helicopters dropped barrel bombs on areas in the towns of Rakhm and the Eastern Kark, while the regime forces continues to their rocket shelling targeting areas in al-Hrak, al-Msifra, Rakhm, Eastern al-Karak, Bosra al-Sham, and other areas in the eastern countryside of Daraa.