The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After 18 of them were killed yesterday, the regime forces and warplanes start the 58th day of the heaviest escalation by more than 325 air and ground strikes on the countryside of Hama and Idlib

The heaviest escalation in “Putin – Erdogan” area entered its 58th day with increased aerial and ground bombardment, where regime’s warplanes carried out at least 46 airstrikes on Wednesday morning, targeting places on the outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man, Hzarin, Bsida, Sukayk, Kafr Sajna, Hish, Rabea al-Jor, Rakaya Sajna, Mdaya, and Hzarin in the southern countryside of Idlib, and al-Sakhr and Kafr Zita in the northern countryside of Hama, and the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2 citizens and the injury of others in the aerial bombardment on the outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man, the while Russian “guarantor’s” warplanes carried out this morning 8 raids on the vicinity of Khan Shaykhun, Tal Aas and Hish south of Idlib, while the regime forces targeted by more than 280 shells and missiles areas in Kafr Zita town and al-Sakhr village north of Hama and al-Hbit south of Idlib.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1934, 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 26th of June 2019, and they are: 517 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 314 including 84 children, 58 women, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 71 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, Qamhana, Al-Nairab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 786 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 508 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 631 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 26th of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2463 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 804 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 872 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 553 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 787 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 2692 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 885 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 939 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 567 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 868 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.