The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 110 casualties in about 95 hours since the collapse of ceasefire in “Putin – Erdogan” area as the regime forces control 4 towns and villages north Hama

The killings returned to escalate in the so-called “Putin – Erdogan” area, which stretches from the northeastern of Latakia mountains to the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo city and passes through the countryside of Hama and Idlib, after the collapse of the 3.5-days ceasefire agreement during which clashes and airstrikes were ceased and the percentage of killings decreased significantly, but the Syrian regime’s pretext was the jihadi factions’ shelling for Hmeimim Airbase; the main Russian airbase in Syria, and this led to the collapse of the ceasefire and the return of military operations and intensive aerial bombardment, where the regime forces supported by Russia continued their intense ground and aerial attacks in the northern countryside of Hama, and they managed to control al-Arba’in, al-Zakat, al-Sakhr, and al-Jisat since the collapse of the agreement, and became on the threshold of the last major stronghold of the factions north of Hama: the towns of Kafr Zita and al-Lataminah.

The Syrian Observatory documented heavy casualties during the past 94 hours within “Putin – Erdogan”, where 111 people were killed, they are: 19 civilians were killed in air and ground bombardment and shelling by factions; where 11 civilians including 4 of “warplanes’ observatories” were killed by Russian airstrikes on Khan Shaykhun, Latmin, and Rasha in the countryside of Hama and Idlib, and 5 civilians were killed in the fall of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on Morek and Khan Shaykhun, and 3 including a child were killed in the fall of rocket shells launched by the factions on the villages of al-Jeed and Ain Salmo, which are controlled by the regime forces in Hama countryside, and 56 fighters at least including 37 jihadists; were killed in air and ground strikes by the Russians and the regime and during clashes against them, and 36 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed in targeting, bombings, shelling, and clashes against the Jihadi groups and factions.