The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

For the third consecutive day, intensive escalation by the regime forces and helicopters target Jabal al-Akrad and al-Hbit town

The Syrian Observatory monitored the continuous overflights of several helicopters in the southern sector of Idlib and the mountains of the coat, coincided with throwing more barrel bombs, where it rose to 16, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on Kabana area in Jabal al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia, also it rose to 18, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on al-Hbit town in the southern countryside of Idlib since this morning, while the Russian warplanes carried out several raids on Tremla village south of Idlib, also regime’s warplanes renewed their raids on al-Hbit town amid continued artillery shelling by the regime forces on areas in the town, and on other places in Kafr Zita and al-Zakat in the northern countryside of Hama, in addition to the intensive and continuous ground shelling by the regime forces on Kabana area within Jabal al-Akrad, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a fighter of the factions by a sniper shot of the regime forces in al-Rashedin area on the western outskirts of Aleppo city.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 366, 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: 123 civilians including 22 children and 30 citizen women, and they are 33 including 7 female children and 9 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 23 including 7 women and a child girl were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 34 including 7 women, 5 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 25 people including 5 women and a child were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 8 citizens including 6 children and a woman were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 133 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 110 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 24th day, to 519 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 13th of May 2019, they are 173 civilians including 35 children and 40 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 12 civilians casualties including 6 children and a citizen woman were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions on Aleppo city, al-Hadir town south of Aleppo, al-Khandeq village, and al-Suqaylabiyah town in Hama countryside, 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 151 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 176 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 13th of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 895 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 411 civilians including 105 children under the age of eighteen and 98 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 36 people including 12 children under the age of eighteen and 6 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 219 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 143 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 265 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 1125 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 492 civilians including 137 children and 110 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 39 people including 12 children and 6 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 286 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 158 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 347 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.