The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

At the end of the 53rd day of the fiercest escalation campaign…about 600 air and ground strikes pounded the countryside of Hama, Aleppo and Idlib in the wake of the decreased intensity of bombardment in today’s latest hours

At the end of the 53rd day of the fiercest escalation campaign within ,rian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death 6 citizens in the “de-escalation” zone, they are: 4 people including a child, who were killed today as a result of air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on al-Mohandesin countryside area in the western part of Aleppo countryside, while a woman died this morning affected by injuries she had in shelling by the regime forces on areas in Kafr Zita town at the northern countryside of Hama yesterday evening, also a citizen displaced from Halfaya village in Hama countryside, died affected by the injury he had few days ago, due to airstrikes that targeted Kafr Sajna village within the southern sector of Idlib countryside, the SOHR also documented the killing of 3 fighters due to the warplanes’ aerial bombardment, they are 2 members of the rebel factions who were killed as a result of airstrikes carried out by the warplanes of the Russian guarantor on Al-Zaqum village in Sahl Al-Ghab in the northern countryside of Hama, and a member of the “Free Police” affected by injuries he had in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Hass village a few days ago, while the number of raids carried out today by regime warplanes reached 82, targeting places in al-Hbit, Hish, Mdaya, Mastouma, Jabal al-Arba’in, Maarblit, the vicinity of Sarmin, al-Rakaya, the vicinity of Al-Nayrab, Khan Shaykhun and Sheikh Mustafa in the southern and eastern countryside of Idlib, and al-Jabin, Tal Melh, Kafr Zita, al-Arba’in, al-Zakat, Latmin, Hasraya and Al-Lataminah in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama, in addition to Regiment 46 and the second countryside of Al-Mohandessin in the western countryside of Aleppo, also the number of raids carried out by the Russian warplanes since morning reached 35, where they targeted places in the villages and towns of Al-Zaqum, Al-Zakah, Kafr Zita, Hasraya, Al-Lataminah, Tal Melh and Al-Jabin in the northern and north-western sectors of Hama countryside, while it rose to 470, the number of rocket and artillery shells fired by the regime forces since after the midnight until now on several places in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama and the southern countryside of Idlib, while the factions targeted using rocket shells sites of the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them in al-Jerniyyeh village and Al-Humayrat at the north-western countryside of Hama.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1883, 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 21st of June 2019, and they are: 497 civilians including 121 children and 100 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 297 including 75 women, 56 children, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 68 people including 11 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 775 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 499 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 611 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 21st of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2411 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 784 civilians including 207 children under the age of eighteen and 164 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 861 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 544 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 766 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 2641 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 865 civilians including 235 children and 176 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 926 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 561 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 848 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.