The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More casualties raise to 4 including 2 women, the number of civilians killed in the air and ground strikes since midnight of yesterday

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a woman and a man after targeting a car with heavy machine guns by regime’s warplanes, where the Syrian Observatory learned that the car was trying to get out of Abdeen town south of Idlib, and escape the heavy air and ground shelling, at a timer when the helicopters continue flying over Idlib province, and the countryside of Hama along with regime’s warplanes carrying out more air strikes, where it rose to 71, the number of barrel bombs dropped since the morning, and they are 19: on al-Hbit town south of Idlib, 5 on Naqir, 4 on barrel, 4 on Kafr Nabudah north Hama, 4 on Karsaa, 3 barrel bombs on each for Rakaya, Tal Aas, Kafr Ayn , Tremla and its outskirts, al-Bana, al-Sahriyya, Jaatah, al-Ameriyah, Tal Hawash, Tal Rasha, al-Jabriya, al-Faqea’ and the outskirts of Kafrnebbul, while the warplanes continued to open fire on several areas in Sahl al-Ghab south of Idlib and the northern countryside of Hama, also several members of al-Sham Corps were injured by the Russian strikes that targeted their headquarters north of Marshourin in the countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man.

And with the fall of more casualties, the death toll of casualties rises in the heaviest continuous escalation on its 11th day, to 172 persons in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 30th of April 2019, they are 55 civilians including 12 children and 14 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 4 civilians casualty was killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions on Aleppo city, and 19 people were killed in the explosion of a truck loaded with high-explosive materials owned by the jihadi groups in Jisr al-Shughur city west of Idlib, and 28 of the jihadi groups were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 70 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed in attacks by the jihadi groups on several areas of the demilitarized area.

And during the period between the 15th of February 2019 and the 1st of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 539 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 292 civilians including 83 children under the age of eighteen and 71 woman over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the Russian aerial bombardment and the rocket shelling by the regime forces and the factions, and among the death toll of civilians there are 28 people including 6 children under the age of eighteen and 5 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 88 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 54 fighters of the “jihadis” and 159 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.

While the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented since the start of the Russian – Turkish truce the death of 768 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 372 civilians including 115 children and 83 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 31 people including 6 children and 5 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 155 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 68 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 241 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the Russian warplanes also carried out 2 new raids targeting places on the outskirts of Abdeen town in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, raising to at least 13, the number of Russian airstrikes which were carried out since this morning, where 4 of them targeted places in al-Ankawi at Sahl al-Ghab, and 3 raids targeted places in Tremla and its surroundings south of Idlib, and 2 raids on al-Qassabiyyeh and the outskirts of Abdeen in southern countryside of Idlib, and a raid on the northern outskirts of Marshourin in the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man, and another raid on Mshirfah village in the eastern countryside of Jisr al-Shughur, and in the same context, the regime forces carried out a new rocket shelling and targeted areas on the outskirts of Jabal al-Zawiyah, al-Tamanah and other areas in southern countryside of Idlib.