The truce of the Russians and Turks enters its 23rd consecutive day with a new batch of violations of artillery and missile shelling by the regime forces targeting the truce areas
The Russian-Turkish truce entered its 23rd consecutive day with more violations in a sporadic places of the Truce areas in Aleppo, Idlib, Hama, and Latakia, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today morning, Thursday, the 6th of September 2018, rocket shelling by the regime forces targeted places in the villages of al-Tah and al-Brisa and areas in Tamanah town in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, they also targeted areas on the outskirts of Jarjanaz in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and other places in Khirbet al-Naqous town in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama, also the regime forces shelled intensively after midnight of yesterday areas in Jabal al-Akrad and Jabal al-Turkman in the northeastern countryside of Latakia, and other areas in Sahl al-Ghab and the western countryside of Jisr al-Shughur, but no information about casualties until the moment, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening, Wednesday, that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces returned to carry out a new round of shelling, violating the Russian – Turkish truce along with completing the 22nd day of its validity, where the SOHR monitored escalated intensive shelling by the regime forces which targeted areas in Al-Hbit town and its vicinity, in the southern countryside of Idlib, the SOHR also monitored shelling by the regime forces which targeted places in Al-Sirmaniyah area, at the administrative border between Idlib and Hama provinces, in conjunction with artillery and rocket shelling by the regime forces, which targeted areas in Kabanah, Jabal al-Khudr and Al-Haddadah area, as well as other areas in Jabal Al-Turkman, in the northern countryside of Latakia, amid targeting to the roads between the northern mountains of Lattakia, and the area of Jisr Al-Shughur in the western sector of Idlib countryside, also, the regime forces shelled areas in Al-Lataminah town and other areas in Al-Sakhr village in the northern countryside of Hama, while the area of Marj Al-Zohur in Jisr Al-Shughur countryside and places in Srarif village in the western countryside of Idlib, as well as other places in Zayzun and Qastun in Sahl Al-Ghab, were shelled, which caused further destruction and material damage to the property of the citizens, while the Syrian Observatory monitored the fall of missiles fired by the factions operating in Idlib countryside, on the controlled areas of the regime forces in Sahl Al-Ghab and its vicinity near Lattakia countryside, which caused material damage, without information about casualties.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago, that the contact lines in the provinces of Idlib, Latakia, and Hama are witnessing an escalation in the alert situation by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, where intersected sources confirmed to the Syrian Observatory that the regime forces have increased the frequency of their alert and called on all officers and operation commanders of Idlib battle, to prepare for a large-scale military operation, coincided with the arrival of regime’s commander of operations to the battle of Idlib, the Brigadier Suhail al-Hasan, while the Syrian Observatory learned that the regime forces increased their preparations to declare the start of battle against the rebel and Islamic factions, Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamic Turkestani Party, Hurras al-Dien Organization, and the National Liberation Front which are operating in Idlib, northern countryside of Hama and Latakia mountains, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored at the same time targeting by the factions for an armored vehicle belongs to the regime forces in Sahl al-Ghab area, which damaged it and preliminary information about casualties due to this targeting, followed by heavy shelling targeted areas in the triangle of west Idlib – Lattakia Mountains – Sahl al-Ghab by the regime forces.