Escalating exchange of artillery and missile shelling leaves new casualties and wounded after killing tens of civilians in the last week of both presidents’ agreement

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, 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, and the Syrian Observatory documented during a full week since the 16th of February 2019, the death of 36 civilians including 12 children and 11 citizen women, they were killed in the violent shelling that targeted the countryside of Hama and Idlib by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, raising to 290 at least, the number of people who were killed since Erdogan – Putin agreement, 124 civilians including 49 children and 24 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.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored shelling by the regime forces today morning, targeted places in areas of Sukayk, Khwyn, and places in Tamanah town in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, and the regime forces targeted with tens of rocket shells on Friday evening and after midnight of yesterday, where the shelling targeted al-Lataminah, Lahaya, M’aarkbeh and al-Sakhr in the northern sector of Hama countryside, Hwaiz, and other places in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama, and the abandoned battalion in the eastern countryside of Idlib, and al-Khwyn and al-Zarzour on the outskirts in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed shelling by the regime forces, where they targeted the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce and the areas of the implementation of Putin – Erdogan agreement, where the regime forces targeted areas in Hasraya village in the northern countryside of Hama, and places in Saraqib town in the eastern countryside of Idlib, the regime forces also targeted areas in the southern countryside of Aleppo.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 19th of February 2019, that the areas of the escalation within the demilitarized zone, witnessed a massive wave of displacement, particularly in both northern and western countryside of Hama and both southern and south-eastern countryside of Idlib, where the Syrian Observatory confirmed that 90% of the population of Qal’aat al-Madiq town and villages of Sahl al-Ghab in the western countryside of Hama province, left their towns and villages due to the intensity of shelling they have been subjected to, since the 14th of February 2019, the SOHR also documented the displacement of hundreds of families of Kafr Zita and Al-Lataminah towns in the northern countryside of Hama, in addition to the cities of Khan Shaykhun, Al-Tah and Al-Taman’aa in the southern countryside of Idlib province, where the total number reached about 2000 families, from all the areas of both northern and western countryside of Hama and both southern and south-eastern countryside of Idlib, all of these families were displaced between the 14th and 19th of February 2019, due to the escalation by the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, of heavy ground shelling that is still continuing, along with the continuation of the waves of displacement and the fall of casualties and injuries among the citizens, where via the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, some of locals in Jabal Shashabo area in the western countryside of Hama have sent a call for help to stop the dangerous escalation on their villages and towns, and they borne the Turkish side the responsibility to stop the shelling considering that it is the guarantor of the de-escalation area.b