The aerial bombardment continues in “Putin – Erdogan” area at a lower rate than the last few days, and more casualties in massacre by regime’s warplanes in Maarrat al-Nu’man
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented more casualties in the massacre which was carried out by regime’s warplanes on Maarrat al-Nu’man city in the southern countryside of Idlib, where it rose to 5 (they are 4 children and a woman) the number of people who were killed in the massacre that took place on Thursday morning, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are more than 18 wounded people and some of them are in critical situation, while it rose to 36, the number of air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since Thursday morning within the “de-escalation” area, targeting al-Lataminah, Kafr Zita, Arinbeh, al-Hbit, Kafruma, Kabani area in Jabal al-Akrad, Ariha, Maarrat al-Nu’man, Khan Shaykhun, Tremla, al-Faqea, KafrMus, Mantaf, Tremla, and Jabal al-Arba’in area, and in the same context, the helicopters dropped barrel bombs on areas in al-Hbit town in the southern countryside of Idlib, while the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 15 fighters, they are: 9 Jihadis and 6 of the other factions were killed in aerial bombardment and targeting in serval areas during the past 24 hours.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 945, 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 the 30th of May 2019, and they are: 308 civilians including 76 children and 64 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 36 including 8 women and 4 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 160 including 30 women, 43 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 45 people including 5 women and 4 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 22 citizens including 10 children and 3 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 368 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 269 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 41st day, to 1096 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 30th of May 2019, they are 358 civilians including 90 children and 75 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 26 civilian casualties including 10 children and 5 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 371 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 335 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 30th of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 1474 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 596 civilians including 160 children under the age of eighteen and 131 women 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 50 people including 16 children under the age of eighteen and 10 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 454 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 285 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 424 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 1703 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 676 civilians including 190 children and 143 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 521 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 300 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 506 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.