The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The hysterical bombardment continues on Kafr Nabudah by nearly 600 air and ground strikes since today’s dawn accompanied by a new attack by the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them in an attempt to restore the town from the grip of the factions and jihadi groups

The regime forces are continuing their attempts to retake the control of Kafr Nabudah town in the northern sector of Hama countryside, through renewed attacks with a prelude of insane bombardment by the regime forces and the warplanes and helicopters, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime’s warplanes have carried out more than 49 airstrikes on the town since today’s dawn, in conjunction with dropping more than 62 barrel bombs by the helicopters, amid targeting by the regime forces by more than 480 shells and missiles to separated areas in the town, this hysterical bombardment is coincided with violent clashes between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them against the factions and jihadi groups, in an attack by the latter in order to recover the town after a series of failed which inflicted gross human losses in the ranks of the regime forces, in the same context, the regime’s warplanes carried out more raids targeting places in Kabana area within Jabal Al-Akrad and Al-Hbit town in the southern countryside of Idlib, in addition to raids that targeted the outskirts of Batenteh north-west of Idlib city, while a citizen was killed as a result of bombardment by the regime’s warplanes on areas in Kafr Zita on the north of Hama.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 722, 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, until today, the 25th of May 2019, and they are: 226 civilians including 46 children and 44 citizen women, and they are 44 including 13 children and 12 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 28 including 8 women and a child girl were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 92 including 12 women, 19 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 41 people including 5 women and 4 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 21 citizens including 10 children and 3 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 264 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 232 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 36th day, to 875 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 24th of May 2019, they are 276 civilians including 60 children and 55 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 25 civilian casualties including 10 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 282 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 298 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; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until today, the 25th of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 1251 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they  are 514 civilians including 130 children under the age of eighteen and 113 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 49 people including 16 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 350 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 209 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 387 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 1480 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 594 civilians including 161 children and 125 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 52 people including 16 children and 8 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 417 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 219 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 469 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.