Regime’s warplanes and helicopters carry out more intense airstrikes on the demilitarized area of “Putin – Erdogan” as clashes renew in Sahl al-Ghab and Jabal Shashabo
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 2 children in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Hass village in the southern countryside of Idlib today, the 16th of May 2019, also the Russian “guarantor’s” warplanes carried out several airstrikes on al-Amiqah village in Sahl al-Ghab in the northwestern countryside of Hama, while it rose to 41, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on the “de-escalation” area since midnight of yesterday, they are: 14 on Kabani, 4 on Khan Shaykhun, 4 on al-Hbit, 5 on Ma’aret Hurmah, 2 raids on each of Kafr Nubl, Kafruma, Hish, Jabbala and its outskirts, Shahranaz, Kafrsajna, and Hass, also it rose to 66, the number of barrel bombs dropped by regime’s helicopters on places in Idlib, Hama, and Latakia since after midnight pf yesterday, they are: 16 on Kabani, 8 on al-Hbit, 6 on Khan Shaykhun and its outskirts, and 3 on each of Abdeen, Hersh Kafruma, Hasanah, Ma’aret Hurmah, Kafrsajna, Qassabiyyeh, Mughr al-Hamam, outskirts of al-Sayyad, om al-Sir, al-Wibda, Shahranaz, and Midan Ghazal, and in the same context, the battles continue at an escalating pace in Sahl al-Ghab and Jabal Shashabo in Hama countryside, between Turkestanies, Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, and the factions against the regime forces supported by gunmen loyal to them, accompanied by violent explosions caused by exchange of shelling and targeting, and information about more casualties and injuries in the ranks of both parties.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 440, 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: 152 civilians including 27 children and 33 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 25 including 7 women and a child girl were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 44 including 8 women, 6 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 28 people including 5 women and a child were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 20 citizens including 9 children and 3 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 158 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 130 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 27th day, to 593 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 16th of May 2019, they are 202 civilians including 41 children and 44 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 24 civilians casualties including 9 children and 4 citizen women 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 176 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 196 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 15th of May 2019, the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until today, the 16th of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 969 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 440 civilians including 111 children under the age of eighteen and 102 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 48 people including 15 children under the age of eighteen and 9 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 244 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 153 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 285 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 1199 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 521 civilians including 143 children and 114 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 51 people including 15 children and 8 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 311 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 168 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 367 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.