The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces control 4 villages and farms in the northern countryside of Hama in their first advancement in about 2 months

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces with intensive air and land support were able to advance and take control of Hasraya village in the northern countryside of Hama. in addition to Abu Ra’idah village, al-Aziziya, and al-Rai areas in the same sector, after clashes at a low pace against the factions that led to the latter’s withdrawal as a result of the large bombardment on the vicinity of the area, while the regime forces are now trying to advance towards al-Zakat village in the northern countryside of Hama, where violent clashes are taking place between the factions accompanied by intense airstrikes by regime’s warplanes and helicopter in addition to tens of shells and missiles, where the regime forces seek through these attempts of advancement and controlling new positions in the area to secure the strategic highway of al-Suqaylabiyah – Muhradah and keep the factions away of the area, after the factions managed to cut the road for about 52 days by controlling Tal Meleh and al-Jabin northwest of Hama before they were restored by the regime forces a few days ago.

In the same context, it rose to 41, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since morning on Morek, Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, Latmin, al-Zakat, al-Arba’in, and the vicinity of Hasraya in the northern countryside of Hama, and Khan Shaykhun, Kafr Nubl, and Maarrat al-Nu’man in the southern countryside of Idlib, while it rose to 15, the number of raids carried out by the Russian warplanes which targeted areas in Khan Shaykhun, and Bsida in the southern countryside of Idlib and Kabani area in Jabal al-Akrad, in addition to Kafr Zita and al-Lataminah in the northern countryside of Hama, also it rose to 28, the number of barrel bombs dropped by Helicopters on Morek, Kafr Zita, al-Lataminah, al-Zakat, al-Arba’in, Latmin, and the vicinity of Hasraya north of Hama, and the bombardment caused casualties, where 5 people of one family were injured in the aerial bombardment on Kafr Nubl, while the Syrian Observatory documented the death of a child affected by injuries he had in shelling by regime’s warplanes on Jisr al-Shughur city in the western countryside of Idlib days ago.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 2880, 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 1st of June 2019, and they are: 860 civilians including 213 children and 159 citizen women, and they are 149 including 31 children and 35 women, and 6 of the civil defense and 3 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 63 including 15 women and 10 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 471 including 130 children, 77 women, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 102 people including 19 women and 17 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 75 citizens including 25 children and 13 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, Qamhana, Al-Rasif, Al-Aziziyah, Karnaz, Jurin, Al-Nairab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 1043 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 655 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 1007 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 1st of July 2019, the and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 3409 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1146 civilians including 295 children under the age of eighteen and 223 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 101 people including 30 children under the age of eighteen and 17 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1139 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 700 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1124 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 3637 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1229 civilians including 323 children and 237 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 102 people including 30 children and 16 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1206 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 713 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1204 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.