About 700 air and ground strikes target the countryside of Hama, Idlib, and Latakia mountains in 12 hours as violent clashes continue east of Khan Shaykhun city
The Syrian Observatory documented the death of a citizen in bombing by regime’s warplanes on Kafrsajna in the southern countryside of Idlib Thursday morning, while the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them continue their attacks in the southern countryside of Idlib, against the rebel and Islamic factions and jihadist groups, in the area Sukayk – Tar’ei east of the city Khan Shaykhun, in an attempt to advance in this area which is difficult until the moment; under desperate defense by the factions unlike the western and northwest areas of Khan Shaykhun, where they managed to advance and control several areas during the past hours, and the clashes were accompanied by intensive air and ground bombardment and shelling, also regime’s warplanes carried out after midnight and this morning about 51 airstrikes on al-Tamanah, Khan Shaykhun, al-Rakaya, Kafrsajna, and the clash areas south of Idlib, while the helicopters dropped at least 42 barrel bombs on Kabani area in the northern countryside of Latakia, Sheikh Mustafa, the vicinity of Khan Shaykhun, and the clashes areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, also the Russian “guarantor’s” warplanes carried out more than 30 raids on the vicinity of Khan Shaykhun, al-Tamanah, and the clash areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, the regime forces also targeted by more than 660 shells and missiles places in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, the northern countryside of Hama, the southern countryside of Aleppo, and mountains of Latakia.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 3349, 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 15th of August 2019, and they are: 908 civilians including 221 children and 165 citizen women, and they are 173 including 33 children and 37 women, and 7 of the civil defense and 5 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 68 including 15 women and 10 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 481 including 132 children, 80 women, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 107 people including 20 women and 20 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 79 citizens including 26 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 1296 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 829 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 1145 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 15th of August 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 3878 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1194 civilians including 303 children under the age of eighteen and 229 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 105 people including 31 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 1382 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 874 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1302 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 4108 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1277 civilians including 332 children and 243 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 106 people including 31 children and 16 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1449 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 886 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1382 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.