Squadrons of warplanes of the Russians and the regime take shifts in targeting about 30 areas in Idlib and Hama countryside with the continuous escalation
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the escalation of airstrikes intensively on the 4th day of the most violent escalation within “Putin – Erdogan” areas, where the airstrikes are getting more intense every day, where the helicopters continue dropping barrel bombs on several areas in Sahl al-Ghab, Jabal Shashabo, the southern countryside of Idlib, and the northern countryside of Hama, raising to 93, the number of barrels dropped by helicopters since the morning, and they are: 21 on Hersh Kafrnebbul and its vicinity and outskirts, 12 on Kafrenbudeh, 11 on the outskirts of Kansafra, 10 on Hazarin, 9 on the outskirts and vicinity of Ihsim, 9 on al-Rakaya, 5 on al-Hbit, two barrels on each for Shannan, the vicinity Iblin, the vicinity of Belyon, Deir Senbul, Hersh Hass, the outskirts of Karsaa, the vicinity Ma’aret Hurmah, and KafrSajneh, where 2 citizens were killed, one in Ihsim and the other in al-Hbit.
In the same context, Russian warplanes continue to fly over Idlib and Hama countryside, in conjunction with intensive raids on the countryside of Hama and Idlib, where it rose to 34, the number of Russian raids which were carried out since midnight of yesterday until now, and they are: 12 raids on the vicinity and outskirts of Kafrnebbul, 3 on the outskirts of Kafrenbudeh north of Hama, 6 on Marj al-Zohour and the outskirts of Janudiyyeh in Jisr al-Shughur countryside, 6 on the vicinity of Mozra area, Ayn Laroz, outskirts of Mahmbel, Wadi Badmaya west of Kafr Owaid, 3 raids on Qlidin village in Sahl al-Ghab, and 2 raids on al-Sharia in Sahl al-Ghab and Jub Suleiman village in Jabal Shashabo, and the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4 people in Qlidin, they are a man, his wife, another man and his wife, in addition to the injury of others, also a woman was killed and several others were injured in the Russian bombardment on Jub Suleiman.
Also, regime’s warplanes carried out 3 new raids on al-Hbit town south of Idlib, raising to 8, the number of raids that targeted the town since this morning, while the regime forces targeted by more than 40 shells and missile areas in al-Lataminah town in the northern countryside of Hama, the regime forces also targeted by a guided missile a car in the vicinity of Qal’aat al-Madiq town in Sahl al-Ghab, where an “administrative” person in one of the hospitals of the area was killed, and others were injured.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 39, the number of people who were killed since the 30th of April 2019, the date of start of the most violent escalation in terms of aerial and ground bombardment, shelling, and targeting since Putin-Erdogan agreement, and they are: 27 civilians including 2 children and 8 citizen women, where 9 of them including 3 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 8 including 2 women were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 4 woman were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 6 people including a woman were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, while at least 8 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes, in addition to the killing of 4 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.
And with the fall of more casualties, the death toll rises in the heaviest continuous escalation on its 13th day, to 193 persons in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 3rd of May 2019, they are 76 civilians including 14 children and 18 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 2nd of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 560 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 313 civilians including 85 children under the age of eighteen and 75 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 789 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 393 civilians including 117 children and 87 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.