The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 550 air and ground strikes carried out by the regime forces and warplanes on “Putin – Erdogan” area in the 48th day of the heaviest escalation

Regime’s warplanes renewed their airstrikes on places in Hama and Idlib countryside after Sunday afternoon, raising to 82 at least, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since this morning targeting Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, al-Zakat, al-Arba’in, Abu Ra’idah, and Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, and al-Jabin and Tal Meleh northwest of Hama, in addition to Khan Shaykhun city and its vicinity and outskirts of al-Hbit, Maarrat al-Nu’man, Sehyan, the vicinity of the southern countryside of Idlib, ICARDA area and the countryside of al-Mohandesin and al-Bawabiyyah in the southern countryside of Aleppo, while it rose to 470, the number of rocket and artillery shells launched by the regime forces since midnight until now, targeting places in Kafr Zita, Morek, Tal Meleh and al-Jabin in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama, and the towns and villages of al-Kamari, Jazraya, al-Rashedin, Khan Tuman, and Khan al-Asal in the southern and western countryside of Aleppo, Ma’aret Hurmah town, the vicinity of Khan Shaykhun city, Sfuhen, and al-Ftirah in the southern countryside of Idlib.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1641, 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 16th of June 2019, and they are: 427 civilians including 102 children and 89 citizen women, and they are 52 including 16 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 43 including 9 women and 5 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 244 including 48 women, 61 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 65 people including 10 women and 9 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 666 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 452 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 548 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

And during the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until the 16th of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2168 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 714 civilians including 185 children under the age of eighteen and 153 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 752 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 497 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 703 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 2398 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 794 civilians including 215 children and 165 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 819 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 512 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 785 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.