The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After their absence for about 4 days, regime’s helicopters drop barrel bombs on the southern countryside of Idlib in conjunction with more than 20 raids by the Russian and regime’s warplanes

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the renew of the aerial bombardment over “Putin – Erdogan” area on Saturday morning, after the routine absence of the Russian and regime’s warplanes since midnight of yesterday, where regime’s warplanes carried out 12 raids on al-Naqir, Ihsim, and Kansafra in in the southern countryside of Idlib, where warplanes of the Russian “guarantor” carried out 8 raids targeting the villages of al-Jabin and Tal Meleh at the northwestern countryside of Hama, while regime’s helicopters returned to the bombing after they were absent from the skies for about 4 days, where they dropped this morning barrel bombs on Tal al-Nar and the vicinity of Kafrsajna in the southern countryside of Idlib, while the regime forces shelled after midnight of yesterday areas in al-Ankawi, Qlidin, and al-Zaqqum in Sahl al-Ghab at the northwestern countryside of Hama, and Kafr Zita and al-Lataminah in the northern countryside of Hama, also the contact areas at Tal Hawash, al-Hardana, al-Hwaiz, Tal Meleh and al-Jabin in the countryside of Hama witnessed exchange of shelling between the regime forces and between the factions and the jihadis.

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.