The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces backed by Russia manage to regain the control of Al-Jalmah north-west of Hama, in conjunction with ongoing battles in the coastline left about 15 casualties of the regime forces and the jihadi groups

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the continuation of violent clashes in Al-Jalmah area in the north-western countryside of Hama, between the jihadi groups and the rebel and Islamic factions on one hand, against the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them backed by Russia on the other, and the Syrian Observatory learned that the regime forces managed with  a cover of heavy aerial and ground fire power to advance again in Al-Jalmah and regain the control of them where the clashes moved to the eastern outskirts of the town, in the same context, the violent clashes are still continuing between “Wa Harred al-Mu’minin” operations room against the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, in the area of Otayrah and other areas in Jabal Al-Turkman as a result of the ongoing attack by the jihadists on the area, and the SOHR documented the killing of 9 memebrs of the regime forces during the shelling and clashes while 4 others of the attackers in the same clashes, and the Syrian Observatory documented today morning, the killing of 5 members of the regime forces and a member of the National Liberation Front as a result of an attack by the latter on positions of the former in Tallat Abu Al-As’ad in the northern countryside of Latakia.

In the same context, it rose to 53, the number of raids carried out by the regime’s warplanes since today’s morning, on Al-Lataminah, Hasraya, Murak, Kafr Zita, Jibbin, Tal Melh and Latmin in the northern countryside of Hama, in addition to the clash areas north-west of Hama, and Khan Shaykhun and Muqah south of Idlib, as well as Kabana and the clash areas in the north-eastern countryside of Latakia, while it rose to 35, the number of raids carried out by the warplanes of the Russian guarantor since morning on the clash areas north-west of Hama, and Tal Melh, Jibbin, Hasraya and Kafr Zita in the northern and north-western countryside of Hama, it also rose to 16, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on Kafr Zita, Jibbin, the outskirts of Kafr Nabudah and Al-Zakah within Hama countryside, also the factions fired rocket shells on Safsafiyah village which is under the control of the regime forces in Hama countryside.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1380, 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 8th of June 2019, and they are: 361 civilians including 87 children and 77 citizen women, and they are 49 including 15 children and 16 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 198 including 41 women, 52 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 55 people including 8 women and 6 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 23 citizens including 10 children and 4 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 555 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 464 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 49th day, to 1530 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 8th of June 2019, they are 411 civilians including 101 children and 85 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 27 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 570 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 530 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 the 8th of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 1909 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 649 civilians including 171 children under the age of eighteen and 141 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 51 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 641 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 416 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 619 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 2138 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 729 civilians including 201 children and 153 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 53 people including 16 children and 8 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 708 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 431 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 701 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.