The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

As the “jihadis” remaining in their positions…the regime forces violate the Russian – Turkish truce again through targeting the demilitarized zone within the northern sector of Hama countryside

The demilitarized zone witnessed a new interruption to the calm prevailing the area, which has not witnessed any withdrawal so far by the “jihadist groups”, which are in control of about 70% of the area stretched from the north-eastern mountains of Lattakia, to the north-western suburbs of Aleppo city passing through both Hama and Idlib, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the regime forces targeting the vicinity of Atshan and Al-Lataminah areas in the northern countryside of Hama, within the demilitarized zone, by heavy machineguns, without information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that areas in Jabal al-Akrad and Jabal al-Turkman in the northeastern countryside of Latakia are witnessing renewed shelling and mutual targeting, between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against Hurras al-Dien faction, where the Syrian Observatory monitored exchange of shelling on the contact lines between both parties, as part of the exchange of shelling in areas at the coast mountains within the demilitarized area since 3 days ago until now, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a fighter of the “jihadi” Organization of Hurras al-Dien during the bombings that took place in the past 24 hours, but other than that, the cautious calm prevails the other areas of the demilitarized area, which was agreed upon a month ago in the meeting that took place between the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, also the Turkish efforts continue to persuade Jihadi groups and factions to withdraw from the buffer area, which stretches from the northeastern mountains of Latakia to the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo city through the countryside of Idlib and Hama.

The Syrian Observatory published this morning that demilitarized area, stretching from the northeastern mountains of Latakia to the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo city passing through the countryside of Idlib and Hama, is witnessing a cautious calm in all its areas since after midnight of yesterday until now, following a series of violations yesterday, Tuesday, where this calm is accompanied by a calm in locations and headquarters of the Jihadi factions and groups within the buffer area, where activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights did not monitor any withdrawal of “jihadis”, from their positions and points, although the Turkish – Russian agreement has been in force for 3 days, also the Turkish intelligence service continues looking for solutions with these factions that may lead to their withdrawal from the demilitarized area, and the Syrian Observatory published in the past hours that the  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime forces returned in the recent hours, to target the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce, through renewed shelling targeting places in Al-Sakhr area in the northern sector of Hama countryside, and the regime forces also monitored shelling which targeted Kabanah area in Jabal Al-Akrad and Al-Sermaniyah area in the outskirts of Sahl Al-Ghab on the administrative border between Idlib and Hama, along with the continuation of the “jihadist” groups to be stationed in their positions and headquarters in the demilitarized zone, stretched from the north-eastern mountains of Lattakia, to the north-western suburbs of Aleppo city passing through both Hama and Idlib, amid ongoing efforts by the Turkish Intelligence to persuade the “jihadis” to change their decision to remain and withdraw from the demilitarized zone, which was agreed upon on the 17th of September 2018, after a Russian – Turkish joint decision between Putin and Erdogan.