The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 55 of the regime forces, Jihadis, and the factions were killed in the violent clashes in Tal Meleh and al-Jabin since dawn of today along with hundreds of air and ground strikes

The clashes continue at a violent pace in al-Jabin and Tal Meleh at the northwestern countryside of Hama, between the rebel and Islamic factions and the jihadi groups against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them with the support of the Russian forces, and this comes as part of the continuous attack by the latter in their third attempt to regain control of both villages after two unsuccessful attempts since dawn of today to control Tal Meleh and al-Jabin, which they lost to the factions on the 6th of June 2019, and the clashes were are accompanied by tens of airstrikes by regime’s warplanes and hundreds the rocket and artillery shells launched by the regime forces on the clash areas since dawn, while the Syrian Observatory documented more casualties in the battles, where it rose to at least 32, the number of casualties of the regime forces who were killed in violent clashes and shelling in addition to targeting their vehicles in both areas, also it rose to 24, the number of fighters who were killed during aerial and ground bombardment in addition to battles, including 17 of the Jihadis, and in the same context, the Syrian Observatory learned that Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham targeted a warplane of the regime using an anti-warplanes missile and managed to hit it but the warplanes was able to continue flying to Hama airbase afterwards.

While it rose to 155 the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since dawn of today in the areas of Tal Meleh and al-Jabin northwest of Hama, and Abu Ra’idah, Hasraya, al-Lataminah, Kafr Zita, and al-Zakat in the northern countryside of Hama, and Hzarin, Kafruma, Hish, and the vicinity of Kafrsajna in the southern countryside of Idlib, also the Russian guarantor’s warplanes carried out several raids on Kafr Nubl town south of Idlib, while it rose to 660, the number of rocket and artillery shells launched by the regime forces and the Russians on Tal Meleh, al-Jabin, Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, Hasraya, al-Zakat, al-Arba’in, al-Bwayda, and Abu Ra’idah in the northern and northwestern countryside of Hama.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 2020, 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 28th of June 2019, and they are: 532 civilians including 132 children and 105 citizen women, and they are 56 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 325 including 86 children, 60 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 37 citizens including 16 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 814 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 525 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 674 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 28th of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2549 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 819 civilians including 218 children under the age of eighteen and 169 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 65 people including 22 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 900 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 570 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 830 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 2778 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 900 civilians including 246 children and 183 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 67 people including 22 children and 12 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 967 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 584 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 911 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.