The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces retaliate for the killing of 26 of their members and gunmen loyal to them in the demilitarized zone by targeting the areas of the alleged truce by tens of shells and missiles

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored today evening, Saturday, that the regime forces escalated their shelling within the areas of the Russian – Turkish truce, and the demilitarized zone, where they targeted by more than 40 missiles, areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, they also targeted heavily by rocket shells, places in Umm Jalal, Tahtaya, Maarrat Al-Nu’man, Abu Habbah, Tell Mannas and Jarjnaz in the southern, eastern and south-eastern countryside of Idlib, which resulted in the fall of injuries in Maarrat Al-Nu’man, also areas in al-Jabriya, Tell Hawash, Deir Sunbul, Hurata and Al-Kirkat in Jabal Shashabo, and Al-Ankawi, Hawija, Qalaat al-Madiq and Al-Huwayz in Sahl Al-Ghab, were subjected to heavy rocket shelling by the regime forces, in same context, the SOHR monitored sporadic clashes and targeting in the area of Al-Rashideen in the western suburbs of Aleppo city, between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, against factions operating in the area on the other, and the Syrian Observatory published hours ago, that it monitored renewed shelling carried out by the regime forces within areas of the Russian – Turkish truce areas, where they targeted by artillery shells areas in the villages of Tal al-Shih, Abu Habba, and Tahtaya in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, and other areas in Marj al-Zohour in the western countryside Idlib, the regime forces also shelled Zayzoun power plant in Sahl al-Ghab, while at least 3 rocket shells were launched by the factions and landed on places in Jurin village, which is under the control of the regime of forces, but no information about casualties yet, and the Syrian Observatory published a few hours ago that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented more casualties in the attack of “Abu Bakr Seddiq” Battalion of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham; against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them in the areas of al-Assad suburb, al-Rashedin, Aqrab, and Suq al-Jabas on the western outskirts of Aleppo city, where it rose to 21 at least, the number of casualties of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who were killed during attacks of Tahrir al-Sham dawn of today, Saturday, they are 11 of the regime forces and the rest of them are of their loyal gunmen, raising to 650, the number of people who were killed since Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 318 civilians including 103 children and 69 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, targeting, and bombardment by warplanes, and among them there are 27 people including 6 children and 5 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 135  fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 48 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 197 members of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that attacks of the jihadi groups countryside within “Putin – Erdogan” demilitarized area, which stretches from the northeastern mountains of Latakia, until the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo city passing through Hama and Idlib countryside, where the jihadi groups carried out an ambush targeting the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them dawn of Saturday the 20th April 2019, in al-Saraya area in Jabal al-Turkman in the northeastern countryside of Latakia, which killed at least 5 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, where a group of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham attacked sites of the regime forces with the first hours of the morning, on the western outskirts of Aleppo city, killing 13 of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, in addition to the death of 8 members of Tahrir al-Sham, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, in addition to information about other deaths, and in the same context, the Syrian Observatory monitoring missile shelling after midnight of yesterday by the regime forces targeted areas in the towns of Mansoura and Ewijel in the western countryside of Aleppo, while areas on the outskirts of al-Lataminah town and al-Sakhr village in the northern countryside of Hama within the demilitarized area, and other areas on the outskirts al-Khwyn town and Zarzour village in the southeastern countryside of Idlib, Hawijah and Hwaiz villages, and the outskirts of Qal’aat al-Madiq town in the western countryside of Hama, were under artillery shelling by the regime forces after midnight of yesterday, while the Syrian Observatory documented the death of a man from Om Jalal village in the southeastern countryside of Idlib affected by injuries he had in shelling by the regime forces targeted a camp on the outskirts of the village yesterday, raising the death toll in that area to 11 casualties.