The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The rocket shelling continues on Hama countryside and Idlib province witnesses new assassinations

Hama Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces renewed their rocket shelling today evening, Monday, on Hama countryside, where the shelling targeted areas in Kafr Zita town and Al-Zakah village in the northern countryside of Hama, as well as other areas in Al-Labbanah village north-west of Hama, without information about human losses so far, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that places in the northern countryside of Hama, are being subjected to shelling by the regime forces sporadically, where the shelling targeted places in the vicinity of Murak, M’aarkab and Al-Lataminah, also the warplanes renewed their raids on the outskirts of Murak north of Hama, while calm returned to prevail the contact areas in the northern countryside of Hama, following the violent clashes which lasted for hours, where the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that violent clashes northeast of the Soran in the northern countryside of Hama, between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against Hurras al-Dien Organization, in a violent attack carried out by the latter on Tal Bazam, accompanied by intense exchange of shelling between both parties, also the warplanes are supporting regime forces’ attack by targeting the contact areas and other places in the northern countryside of Hama and the southern countryside of Idlib, and the violent clashes have casualties and injuries between both parties, it worth mention that a Turkish observation post is only a few kilometers away of the fighting areas.

Idlib Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces shelled today evening, Monday, places in Bdama town which is located in the countryside of Jisr Al-Shughur city in the western countryside of Idlib, without information about injuries, while 2 bodies were found, one of them is of an elderly man that was found near Idlib city with marks of gunfire on it, and the other body was found on the road to Aqrabat north of Idlib, raising to 197 persons in Idlib countryside and both Aleppo and Hama countryside, they are 49 civilians including 8 children and 3 women, of who were assassinated through bomb explosions, IED detonations, shooting, abduction, murder and then throwing the bodies in remote areas, and 124 fighters of Syrian nationality belong to Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, al-Sham Corps, the Islamic Movement of Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Izza, and other factions operating in Idlib, and 24 fighters of Uzbek, Asian, and Caucasian nationalities have been assassinated in the same ways since the 26th of April 2018, also the assassination attempts have injured tens of people with varying severity, while the factions stepped up their raids and operations against sleeper cells they accused of belonging to the “Islamic State” organization, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published days ago that Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham arresting a commander defected of the “Islamic State” organization, he is Jordanian nationality commander and he moved to the ranks of jihadist organizations within Syria about 5 years ago, where in recent weeks information about his disappearance was spread following his announcement of defection, because he accused the Organization of asking people to arbitrate the Sharia of ALLAH and not applying it to itself, and because of the corruption of judges and officials in the Organization, and the fact that they were not judging by the rules of ALLAH as a result of being under the control of the security services of the Organization, and the sources confirmed that the leader was arrested in al-Dana area in the northern countryside of Idlib near the Syrian – Iraqi border.