The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

57 fighters and members of the factions, jihadis and of the regime forces were killed today due to the ongoing military operations within “Putin – Erdogan” area

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the fall of several rocket shells launched by the factions and jihadi groups, on the vicinity of Jableh and Slinfah cities which are under the control of the regime forces in Latakia countryside, without information about casualties, while warplanes of the Russian “guarantor” and the Syrian regime are still continuing to bombard separate places within “Putin – Erdogan” area, where it rose to 84, the number of airstrikes carried out by the regime’s warplanes on al-Tamanah, Khan Shaykhun, al-Rakaya, Kafrsajna, the outskirts of Al-Amiriyeh, Maarrat Al-Nu’man, Sheikh Mustafa and the clash areas south of Idlib, while it rose to 64, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on Kabani area in the northern countryside of Latakia, Sheikh Mustafa, Khan Shaykhun and its vicinity, Tar’ei, Rakaya, Al-Ftirah and the clashes areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, also it rose to 47, the number of raids carried out by the Russian “guarantor’s” warplanes on the vicinity of Khan Shaykhun, al-Tamanah, Al-Rakaya, Kafr Sajna, Tar’ei and the clash areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, while it rose to 920, the number of shells and missiles through which the regime forces targeted places in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, the northern countryside of Hama, and mountains of Latakia.

While the SOHR has received video clips show beheaded heads said to be of members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them in the east of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of Idlib.

The Syrian Observatory documented more human losses as a result of the aerial and ground bombardment and clashes, where it rose to 28 fighters including 21 jihadis, the number of fighters who were killed since after midnight, it also rose to 29, the number of casualties of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 3385, 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 1313 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 842 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 1164 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 3914 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 1399 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 887 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1321 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 4144 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 1466 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 899 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1401 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.