The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

In conjunction with media talk of a ceasefire, violent clashes and booby-trapped vehicle explosion take place in the northwestern countryside of Hama

The Jihadist groups along with the rebel and Islamic factions carried out a violent attack against positions of the regime to which it advanced this afternoon in Hasraya town north of Hama, where the attack began by detonating a booby-trapped vehicle drove by a suicide bomber of “Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham” in the middle of gatherings of the regime in the village, in conjunction with violent clashes in the area and exchange of rocket shelling between both parties, and information about casualties in the ranks of both parties, these attacks come in conjunction with media talk in Astana about a ceasefire in “Putin – Erdogan” demilitarized area which will begin at midnight of today and continues until after Eid al-Adha, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published today that 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.