The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The rebel factions target Salhab city which is under the control of the regime in the north-western countryside of Hama…and about 550 air and ground strikes carried out by warplanes of the regime and the Russians on the “de-escalation” zone on the 66th day of the fiercest escalation campaign

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored rocket shelling carried out today evening by the rebel factions on Salhab city which is under the control of the regime forces in the north-western countryside of Hama, without information about casualties, while the SOHR documented during the 66th day of the fiercest escalation campaign, 85 raids carried out by regime warplanes since Thursday morning targeting places in Rakaya Sajna, Sheikh Mustafa, Khan Shaykhun, Tal Aas, Kafr Ain, Maarrat Al-Sin, Kafr Nubl and its vicinity, His, Maarrat Hurmah, Kafr Sajna, Al-Hbit and Maarrat Mater in the southern countryside of Idlib, and al-Bawabiyyah in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo, while the regime’s warplanes opened fire of their heavy machineguns discriminately on areas in Al-Lataminah and Kafr Zita in the northern countryside of Hama, while it rose to 410, the number of artillery and rocket shells fired by the regime forces since after midnight targeting places in the area of Al-Syriatel and Tawil al-Haleeb in the eastern countryside of Idlib, Kafr Nubl, Om al-Sir, Deir Sonbol and Al-Hbit south of Idlib, al-Hwyja, Al-Hawash and Zayzun in Sahl AL-Ghab, Al-Lataminah in the northern countryside of Hama, and Al-Rashideen, Al-Masnourah and Khan Al-Asal and its surroundings west of Aleppo, while helicopters targeted by more than 45 barrel bombs today, Thursday, areas in Rakaya Sajna, Ma’aret Hurmah, Kafr Nubl, and the outskirts of Hass in the southern countryside of Idlib, and Kabana area in Jabal Al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia, while the Russian guarantor’s warplanes carried out more than 12 raids today, targeting areas in the vicinity of Kafr Nubl, Anb village, outskirts of Bara, and Kansafra in Jabal al-Zawiyah, also the Syrian Observatory documented today the death of 5 citizens who were killed due to the aerial bombardment on Idlib province, they are: 2 citizens were killed in bombing by regime’s warplanes on Khan Shaykhun city south of Idlib, a child was killed in shelling by the Russian warplanes on the outskirts of al-Bara in Jabal al-Zawiyah, a female child was killed in dropping barrel bombs by helicopters on Hass village in the southern countryside of Idlib, and a citizen was killed due to barrel bombs dropped by the regime’s helicopters on Kafr Nubl town south of Idlib, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 2130, 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 4th of July 2019, and they are: 551 civilians including 138 children and 106 citizen women, and they are 62 including 19 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 44 including 9 women and 5 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 335 including 86 children, 62 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 39 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 857 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 542 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 722 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 4th of July 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2659 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 838 civilians including 224 children under the age of eighteen and 170 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 67 people including 24 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 943 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 587 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 878 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 2888 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 919 civilians including 252 children and 184 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 69 people including 24 children and 12 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1010 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 601 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 959 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.