المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More human losses in Khan Shaykhun raise the number of people who were killed today, Saturday, by the regime forces’ shells to 7 including 4 children and women

The Syrian Observatory monitored that the number of casualties has raised, as a result of the rocket shelling by the regime forces on Khan Shaykhun city today, Saturday, the 23rd of February 2019, where it rose to 7, including a woman and her unborn son, a child and another woman, the number of casualties who were killed in the massacre, and the death toll is expected to increase due to the presence of injured cases some of which are in serious conditions, thus, it rose to 38 citizens including 12 children and 13 women, the number of casualties who have been killed in the ground shelling since the 9th of February 2019, and in the ground shelling on Khan Shaykhun, where massacres are being carried out claiming the lives of more citizens amid the world’s ignore to this tragedy and the killing operations in the city which previously witnessed a massacre by gas which left hundreds of people dead and wounded, raising, in turn, to 296 at least, the number of people who were killed since Erdogan – Putin agreement, 130 civilians including 51 children and 26 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, among them 5 were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 74 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 82 members of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them.

In the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored rocket shelling today evening by the regime forces on places in Al-Humayrah and Khalseh villages in the southern countryside of Idlib, and Al-Mansurah town in the western sector of Aleppo countryside, ad other places in the Abandoned Battalion area in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and the SOHR published hours ago, that the Russian – Turkish areas truce and the demilitarized area of Putin – Erdogan witnessed increased breaches by both parties of the conflict, where the regime forces stepped up the shelling targeting areas in al-Hbit town and Khan Shaykhun in southern countryside of Idlib, killing a woman and injuring others, also the regime forces shelled areas in Jabal al-Akrad in the northeastern countryside of Latakia, the regime forces also renewed the shelling of areas in the towns of Kafr Zita and al-Lataminah in the northern countryside of Hama, while the factions targeted places in the areas of al-Sifsafiyeh, al-Jdideh, Shizer, Salhab and other areas controlled by the regime forces and in which there are gunmen loyal to them, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the regime forces continues their repeated violations in areas of the Russian – Turkish truce in the 4 provinces and the demilitarized areas of Putin – Erdogan, where the regime forces shelled areas in the villages of Jesr Beit al-Ras and Khirbat al-Naqous in the northwestern countryside of Hama, while the regime forces launched rocket shells targeting areas in the towns and villages of Morek, Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, al-Zakat, and al-Arba’in within the demilitarized area in the northern countryside of Hama, while several shells launched by the regime forces and fell on areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, which killed a woman and injured other people, also the factions targeted by Grad missiles areas in Asilah village in the western countryside of Hama which is controlled by the regime forces.

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