The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Violations renew through targeting by the regime forces to 8 places in the demilitarized zone and its vicinity in both Hama and Idlib countryside

Violations are still targeting the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce in Hama, Idlib, Aleppo and Latakia provinces, despite all the Russian and Turkish guarantors’ attempts to decrease them, where the Syrian observatory for Human Rights monitored targeting by the regime forces after the midnight of Saturday – Sunday, to areas in the villages of M’aarkaba, Al-Zakah and Al-Sakhr and the southern and eastern outskirts of Al-Lataminah town as well as the vicinity of Murak town in the northern countryside of Hama, within the demilitarized zone, also places in Al-Ziyarah area in Sahl Al-Ghab in the north-western countryside of Hama, without information about the fall of injuries, while the areas of Tell Khaznah and the Abandoned Battalion in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, were targeted by the regime forces using their heavy machineguns, which caused material damage, and the Syrian Observatory published last night, the 8th of December 2018, that it monitored renewed violations to the areas of the Turkish – Russian truce, within the 4 provinces, which has been put in effect on the 15th of August 2018, where the regime forces targeted areas in Sukayk village in the southern countryside as well as areas in the vicinity of Al-Lataminah and places in Murak area in the northern countryside of Hama, also, the factions operating within “Wa Harid Al-Mo’mineen” Operation Room, targeted positions of the regime forces in Al-Hakurah front in Sahl Al-Ghab in the north-west of Hama, and Ma’an front in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, amid preliminary information about the death of 2 members of the regime forces, the regime forces also targeted places in Zayzun area in Sahl Al-Ghab, and the artillery shelling was accompanied by the overflight of a reconnaissance plane over the countryside of Idlib province.

And the SOHR published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed targets by the regime forces for places in the demilitarized area, and the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce, where the Observatory Syrian monitored the regime forces shelling areas in the northern mountains of Latakia in the demilitarized area, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by the regime forces targeted sites of the National Liberation Front  which operates in the northern countryside of Hama, within the Putin – Erdogan agreement area which caused casualties, and the Syrian Observatory documented the death of a fighter of the National Liberation Front, while at least 5 other fighters were injured in this targeting, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some of the wounded are in critical situation, and with more casualties it rose to at least 128, the number of casualties of both civilians and fighters in addition to the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them; who were killed since the starting date of Putin – Erdogan agreement of the buffer zone, the 17th of September 2018, and this is the second largest massacre after that one which took place on the 2nd of November 2018, in Jarjanaz town which claimed the lives of 9 persons including a child, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 9 persons including 2 citizen women and 6 children, in a massacre carried out by shelling by the regime forces targeted Jarjanaz town in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, a woman and her child in shelling by the regime forces on Qatrah village in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, and a child was killed in shelling by the regime forces on Babulin village in Idlib countryside, and 9 people were killed by shelling by the regime forces on Jarjanaz town and its vicinity, and at least 7 citizens including 3 children and 3 women were killed as a result of the shelling that targeted al-Raffa village, and a child was killed in shelling at Kafr Hamra on the 24th of October 2018, also 3 citizens were killed in shelling by the factions on areas on the outskirts of the demilitarized area within Aleppo city, also the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 44 fighters who were killed in various circumstances in the demilitarized since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 8 jihadi fighters and at least 23 fighters of Jaysh al-Izza were killed during ambushes and clashes, they were killed in ambushes and attacks on positions of the regime forces in the northern countryside of Hama, as well as the death of 50 members of the regime forces and their allies.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the rocket and artillery shelling by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them continue in areas in the 4 provinces of the Russian – Turkish truce, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a drone o[f the gunmen loyal to the regime dropping shells on positions of the factions operating in al-Hakoura area in Sahl al-Ghab, which injured 3 fighters of Idlib Free Army with varying severity, also the Syrian Observatory monitored shelling by the regime forces, targeted areas in the vicinity of al-Ziyara town in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama, and areas in M’aarkbeh village in the northern countryside of Hama, in conjunction with targeted by the regime forces using the fire of their snipers for a young man on the outskirts of Qal’aat al-Madiq town in the western countryside of Hama, which injured him, also the regime forces targeted areas in al-Khwyn town and Tal Maraq village in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, and other areas in Hayyan town in the countryside of Aleppo, causing material damage, this drone targeting came hours after the Iranian Forces arrived and spread in areas near the contact lines with the “Jihadi” rebel and Islamic factions, and the Syrian Observatory published Tuesday morning that a military convoy of Iranian forces arrived within the last 24 hours to the points of the Iranians in the southern countryside of Hama, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory: more than 15 vehicles carrying Iranian fighters and logistical equipment arrived yesterday, Friday, to sites belongs to the Iranians in the northern country of Hama, where it reached their sites in Rahbat Khattab south of Halfaya, south of Zallaqiyyat, and the vicinity of Marzaf town all located north of Hama, where these points and sites were reinforced, it worth mention that the Iranian forces -in addition to the aforementioned points- are spreading in al-Sheikh Dabban, Deir Shamil, and Regiment 45 located in Masyaf area, also the Iranians had a major role in supporting the regime forces and attacking the countryside of Hama, probably the most notable of which were the clashes to control al-Masasneh, Halfaya, Sen Sahar, Tayyibat al-Imam, Maardes, and Soran.