Warplanes participate for the 3rd day in the shelling escalating the violations in the truce areas as the world is busy in the east of Euphrates and Turkey’s silence
Violations repeated in an escalating manner in areas of the Russian – Turkish truce in the 4 provinces and the “demilitarized” areas of Putin – Erdogan agreement, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today, the 26th of February 2019, the escalation and continuation of violations within the 4 provinces, where the warplanes carried out 2 raids on areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib and another raid on Saraqib town in the eastern countryside of Idlib, which injured several people, while the regime forces stepped their shelling targeting areas in Kafr Zita town and the villages of al-Sahriyya and al-Sakhr in the northern countryside of Hama within the demilitarized area, in conjunction with targeting other areas in al-Ziyara town in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama, also the regime forces targeted by several mortar shells areas on the outskirts of al-Tamanah town, Sukayk village, the abandoned battalion, Saraqib town, Tal al-Sultan, and Taweel al-Haleeb in the eastern and southern countryside of Idlib, and areas in the villages of al-Mestriha and al-Karkat in Jabal Shashabo in the southwestern countryside of Idlib, which caused material damage, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored renewed the shelling by the regime forces on the morning of the 26th of February, targeting places in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, which killed 2 women and injured other people, raising the number of casualties to 42 including 12 children and 15 women, the number of people killed in Khan Shaykhun since the 9th of February 2019 due to the shelling that targeted the city, raising in turn, to 327 at least, the number of people who were killed since Erdogan – Putin agreement, 144 civilians including 55 children and 29 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, among them 6 citizens including a child, who were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 76 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 97 members of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that a forged presidential agreement and a truce that brought only killing and destruction, and stripped the guarantors of their agreements and the promises they made about ensuring the safety and peace, where since the 9th of February until the 25th of the same month in 2019; Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib has been under constant shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, which killed and injured tens of civilians, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the ground shelling -in addition to the casualties- had displaced people to other areas of Idlib countryside, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights received confirmed information that the shelling on the neighborhoods of Khan Shaykhun was concentrated on the them sequentially, where the intensive shelling at the beginning was concentrated on the northern and eastern neighborhoods, and caused a complete displacement of residents of both neighborhoods, except for some young men who remained to guard the houses in both neighborhoods, followed by shelling targeted the western and southern neighborhoods from which a large number of residents were displaced, where more than 21000 people have displaced fleeing the rocket and artillery shelling that targeted the city.
Also, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published yesterday that killing continues as the guarantors’ keep leaving their responsibilities, which they promised to carry out to the people of the Russian – Turkish truce areas and areas of Putin – Erdogan agreement, where the Syrian Observatory monitored shelling by the regime forces targeted areas in Kafr Zita town in the northern countryside of Hama, in conjunction with targeting using heavy machineguns by warplanes for Saraqib area in the eastern countryside of Idlib, also the regime forces targeted areas in the villages of Hawash, Hawijah, Shahranaz, and al-Sharia in the northwestern countryside of Hama, while the factions targeted Shizer area and other areas in al-Suqaylabiyah, which are controlled by the regime forces in Hama countryside, where THE shelling of the regime forces on Monday, the 25th of February 2019, killed 10 civilians including 5 children and a woman in the shelling that targeted Kafr Zeta north of Hama, al-Hbit, Khan al-Sobol, and Khan Shaykhun south and east of Idlib, Jubb Suleiman in Jabal Shashabo and Zayzoun in Sahl al-Ghab, also the shelling caused wounded large number of people, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, and the Syrian Observatory documented the death of two people including a child, in the targeting in Hama countryside.