The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime and the Russians start the 57th day of the heaviest escalation by 150 air and ground strikes targeting several places within “Putin – Erdogan” area

Regime’s warplanes carried out 4 raids on Tuesday morning, targeting Kabani hills in the northern countryside of Latakia, also warplanes- of the Russian guarantor carried out several raids on Taftanaz Airbase on Tuesday morning, they also carried out after midnight of yesterday more than 10 raids on Kafr Zita town and its surroundings and al-Jabin village north and northwest of Hama, while the “de-escalation” area was bombed by more than 120 shells and missiles by the regime forces since after midnight, targeting Tal Meleh, al-Jabin, Kafr Zita, and its surroundings in Hama countryside, and areas of Zammar, Jazraya, and al-Rashedin in Aleppo countryside, while clashes took place at midnight in al-Rashedin area between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the rebel and Islamic factions, accompanied by exchange of targeting of heavy machineguns, but no information about casualties.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1907, 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: 513 civilians including 130 children and 102 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 313 including 84 children, 58 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 614 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 2435 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 799 civilians including 216 children under the age of eighteen and 166 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 769 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 2665 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 883 civilians including 244 children and 180 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 851 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.