In the biggest massacre in 135 days of Putin – Erdogan agreement: the regime forces kill 11 people by ground shelling targeted Maarrat al-Nu’man, raising the civilians’ death toll to 62
The number of civilian people who were killed continues to rise in Maarrat al-Nu’man city, as a result of more ground shelling by the regime forces which targeted areas of the Russian – Turkish truce and Putin – Erdogan agreement, where it rose to 11 people including 9 civilians including 2 children and a woman; the number of people who killed in the largest massacre carried out by the regime forces by their ground shelling during Putin – Erdogan agreement since the 17th of September 2018, where the Syrian Observatory monitored their death in rocket shelling by the regime forces targeted Maarrat al-Nu’man city in southern countryside of Idlib, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, also the Syrian Observatory monitored the regime forces targeting places in the northeastern countryside of Latakia, and other areas on the outskirts of Jesr al-Shughur city in the western countryside of Idlib, and Khan Shaykhun city, al-Taman’aa town, and Sukayk village in the southern countryside of Idlib, followed by targeting by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham using rocket shells targeted positions of the regime forces in Atshan village and in the vicinity of Om Hartyn village, in the northeastern countryside of Hama, in conjunction with shelling by the regime forces target areas in the town of Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, and the shelling on Maarrat al-Nu’man comes hours after the withdrawal of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham from the city after entering it, and after carrying out an agreement with elders and notables of the city, and the Syrian Observatory monitored an artillery shelling targeted places in al-Tah town in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, while the regime forces targeted places in the towns of al-Lataminah and Kafr Zita, and no information about casualties, also the Syrian Observatory was monitored the regime forces shelling areas in al-Hbit town in the southern countryside of Idlib, in conjunction with artillery shelling also by the regime forces targeted places in the villages of la-Qassabiyyeh and Tremla in the same countryside and other places in Sukayk village in the southeastern countryside of Idlib.
And with the fall of more casualties it rose to 203, the number of people who were killed since Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are 59 civilians including 24 children and 9 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, among them 3 were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 63 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 14 of the “Jihadi” fighters and 23 fighters of Jaysh al-Izza, who were killed in ambushes and clashes including a commander at least, they were killed in ambushes and attack by the regime forces in the northern countryside of Hama, and 81 members of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Right learned that the security force of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham withdrew from Maarrat al-Nu’man city after midnight of yesterday, after the raid they carried out yesterday evening, during which they took control of headquarters in the city, where the withdrawal process came after reaching an agreement with elders and dignitaries in the city, which led to handing over all the military headquarters in Maarrat al-Nu’man city to the “Shura Council and Revolutionary parties”, provided that Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the “Islamic police” control the checkpoints at the highway of Maarrat al-Nu’man, and the Syrian Observatory published yesterday evening that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the city of Maarrat Al-Nu’man in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, is witnessing a state of tension, against the backdrop of a force of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham storming the city and imposing its control over headquarters in it, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights; a force of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham stormed Maarrat Al-Nu’man today evening, Monday the 28th of January 2019, and imposed its control over a headquarters of Al-Sham Corps in the city (that was the museum previously), that force also took the control of another headquarters of Suqour Al-Sham (that was previously a bank in the city), while a meeting is being conducted now between dignitaries and notables in the city and between representatives of Tahrir Al-Sham to break up the disputes and reach an agreement, where Tahrir Al-Sham tends to bring the city and its institutions under the control of the Rescue Government, while the faction Suqour Al-Sham closed today, Monday, a “Dawah” office established by Tahrir Al-Sham in Maarrat Al-Nu’man, under the pretext of the non-coordination with the faction, while the Syrian Observatory published yesterday, Sunday, that after the control of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the “jihadi” factions on the areas that used to be controlled by rebel and Islamic factions in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, and Hama, outside of control of the pro-Turkish factions of “Olive Branch” and “Euphrates Shield” Operations, where Tahrir al-Sham imposed the influence the National Rescue Government over about 9000 square kilometers, which is about 4.8% of the area of Syria. And while Turkey and Russia sought to show their agreement as successful agreements, which are Russian – Turkish truce that has been in force since the 15th of August 2018, and the Putin – Erdogan agreement for the demilitarized area reached on the 17th of September 2018, the “jihadi” refused to withdraw from the buffer area extending from the northeastern mountains of Latakia, through the countryside of Hama and Idlib, until the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo city, they also partially withdraw the weapons and kept the remaining heavy weapon buried in trenches that were dug for them.