The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

At the end of the 54th day of the escalation campaign…10 citizen mostly children and women were killed in several areas in Idlib countryside

At the end of the 54th day of the heaviest escalation campaign in “Putin – Erdogan” area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 10 citizens who were killed today including 6 children, due to airstrikes by the regime’s warplanes on several areas of Idlib countryside, they are: a woman and 4 of her children who were killed due to airstrikes by the regime’s warplanes on Saraqeb city east of Idlib, 2 brothers children were killed in air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on the outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man city in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, a citizen was killed in bombing by regime’s warplanes on Kansafra town in Jabal al-Zawiyah, a citizen was killed in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Khan al-Sobol town south of Idlib, and a child was killed in aerial bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Maar Zita, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are more than 52 injuries in several areas, some of whom are in critical situation, and in the same context, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since Saturday morning reached 90 raids, where they targeted places in Saraqeb, Maarrat Al-Sin, Sheikh Mustafa, Maar Zita, Khan Shaykhun, the outskirts of Kafr Ein, Arinbeh, Al-Hbit, Abdeen, Khan al-Sobol, Kafrsajna, outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man, Mdaya, Tal al-Nar, Balyoun, al-Naqir, Ihsim, Kansafra, Karsaa and Maarrat Hurmah in Idlib countryside, and al-Qasimiyah and its vicinity in the western countryside of Aleppo, while the number of raids carried out by Russian guarantor’s warplanes since morning reached 25 raids at least on al-Lataminah and Al-Zakah north of Hama, Tal Meleh and al-Jabin northwest of Hama, also the helicopters dropped 24 barrel bombs today on al-Jabin northwest of Hama, Sheilh Mustafa, Ma’aret Hurmah, and Tal al-Nar, the vicinity of Kafrsajna and Maarrat Al-Sin in the southern sector of Idlib province.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1901, 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 22nd of June 2019, and they are: 507 civilians including 128 children and 101 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 307 including 82 children, 57 women, 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, Qamhanah, Al-Nayrab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 780 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 502 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 22nd of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2429 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 794 civilians including 214 children under the age of eighteen and 165 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 866 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 547 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 2659 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 878 civilians including 242 children and 179 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 933 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.