Threats of a “Russian extermination” to the factions in the demilitarized zone and exchange of shelling violates the Turkish – Russian truce in Aleppo city, its vicinity and other areas of its validity
The areas of the Turkish – Russian truce applied in the 4 provinces, are witnessing ongoing violations, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored targeting by the regime forces by several mortar shells and heavy machineguns to areas in the outskirts in Al-Lataminah town, in the demilitarized zone, in the northern countryside of Hama, the SOHR also monitored shelling by the regime forces on areas in Kafr Hamra and Ma’arrat al-Artik towns in the north-west of Aleppo, followed by the fall of shells on the controlled areas of the regime forces in the 3000-Apartment Project and the vicinity of Al-Assad Suburb, in Al-Hamdania area in the western part of Aleppo city, while no information about injuries was reported, and the Syrian Observatory also monitored that an armored vehicle of the regime forces broadcasted threats to the fighters of the factions to leave the area and threatened of a “Russian extermination” where the statement warned the fighters against the entry of the Russian forces which will exterminate them, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 13th of October 2018, that an armored vehicle of the regime forces broadcasted threats to the factions in the area of the western outskirts of Aleppo, included threats to target everyone who will not leave the demilitarized zone before the 15th of October 2018, threatening to shell and kill them, and that they (the regime forces) know where the factions are located and hidden, and the tunnels and shelters will not protect the factions, as the Russian Air Forces will exterminate all the faction’s fighter, and they enabled them to choose either “wanton deaths or the handover of weapons and the return to bosom of the Motherland”.
While the Syrian Observatory published today morning, Sunday the 11th of November 2018, that violations continue in the areas of the Turkish – Russian truce applied in Aleppo, Hama, Idlib and Latakia provinces, and expand in various times and wider places, amid the guarantors’ decreasing ability to restrict them, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored after the midnight of Saturday – Sunday, that the regime forces targeted by their heavy machineguns, areas in the vicinity of Al-lataminah town, which is located within the demilitarized zone in the northern countryside of Hama, without information about human losses, in conjunction with the continued shelling by the regime forces with artillery shells, yesterday after the midnight, on areas in Tal Al-Sakhr village in the same countryside, the SOHR also monitored exchange of artillery shelling between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions on the other, in the vicinity of Tal Al-Sultan area in the eastern countryside of Idlib, within the demilitarized zone, and the Syrian Observatory published last night, that it monitored a new round of violent fighting between the factions against the regime within the demilitarized zone and its vicinity, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; the violent clashes took place today evening, Saturday the 10th of November 2018, on places in the area stretched from the southern countryside of Aleppo to the eastern countryside of Idlib, within the demilitarized zone and its vicinity, between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the rebel and Islamic factions, amid violent exchange of targeting in the clash areas between the both parties, as a result of an attempt by “infiltrators” to attack positions of the Iranian forces in the southern countryside of Aleppo and positions of the regime forces in the area of Abu Al-Duhur Military Airbase, without information so far about casualties caused by the violent fighting, while the SOHR monitored renewed violations against the Russian – Turkish truce that was put in effect on the 15th of August 2018, where the regime forces targeted by heavy machineguns the outskirts of Jesr Bayt al-Ras town in Sahl Al-Ghab in the north-western countryside of Hama, while the regime forces targeted areas in Al-Rashideen Suburb and Al-Mansurah town west of Aleppo city, the regime forces also shelled areas in Al-Jisat and Al-Sakhr villages in the northern sector of Hama.
The Syrian Observatory monitored on Saturday, the fall of casualties in the ranks of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian nationality; against the backdrop of attacks by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham in northern countryside of Hama, and in the details monitored by the Syrian Observatory: an experienced group known as al-Asa’eb al-Hamraa’ (the red headbands) within Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham led by Egyptian jihadi Abu al-Yaqzan, was able on Friday evening to infiltrate positions of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them and the 5th Legion which was established by Russia in al-Tarabea’ area south of Halfaya town in the northern countryside of Hama within the demilitarized area, and Tahrir al-Sham through its infiltration were able to kill and injure many members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, where at least 8 of them were killed and others were injured, which may raise the death toll, this attack come as another one of the violations carried out by the regime forces and Tahrir al-Sham within the demilitarized area, which was agreed upon after the meeting between the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.