The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The 52nd day of the heaviest escalation begins with about 35 airstrikes by warplanes of the regime and the Russians in conjunction with violent clashes northwest of Hama that caused casualties and injuries

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored a continuous aerial and ground bombardment targeted “Putin – Erdogan” area, as the heaviest escalation enters its 52nd day, where since the midnight until now regime’s warplanes carried out about 26 airstrikes targeting places in Tal Meleh, al-Jabin, al-Zakat, Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, and Hasraya in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama, and al-Hbit, Ma’aret Hurmah, and Armanaya in the southern countryside of Idlib, while warplanes of the Russian guarantor carried out at least 7 airstrikes on Thursday morning, during which they targeted areas in Tal Meleh and al-Jabin in the northwestern countryside of Hama and al-Hbit in the southern countryside of Idlib, while violent clashes took place after midnight in Tal Meleh area and al-Jabin, between the rebel and Islamic factions and the jihadi groups against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, in a new failed attack carried out by the latter on the area, during which they suffered casualties and injuries.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1794, 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 19th of June 2019, and they are: 464 civilians including 112 children and 95 citizen women, and they are 53 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 266 including 50 women, 67 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 66 people including 10 women and 9 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 36 citizens including 15 children and 8 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 746 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 481 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 584 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 20th of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2322 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 751 civilians including 198 children under the age of eighteen and 159 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 64 people including 21 children under the age of eighteen and 14 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 832 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 526 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 739 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 2552 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 832 civilians including 226 children and 171 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 66 people including 21 children and 12 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 899 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 541 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 821 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.