The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

More than 30 casualties of the regime and fighters in the continuous violent clash southeast Khan Shaykhun city

Areas southeast of Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib are witnessing continued violent clashes, between the factions and jihadi groups against the regime forces and militias loyal to them, accompanied by the intensive continuation of air and ground strikes in an attempt by the regime forces to control al-Khazzanat area, while the fighters are trying to prevent the regime forces from tightening the siege on them in the northern countryside of Hama adjacent to the area, and the Syrian Observatory documented more casualties in the ranks of both parties, where it rose to 21 including 18 Jihadis, the number of fighters who were killed on Wednesday in air and ground shelling and clashes in Tar’ei area and west of al-Tal, also it rose to 10, the number of casualties of the regime forces and militias loyal to them.

While it rose to 52, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on Hish, Sheikh Damis, Sehyan, Rakaya, Marshourin, al-Tamanah, Tahtaya, Bsida, Kafrsajna, Jarjanaz, al-Ghadqa, Maarrat al-Nu’man, Deir Sharqi, and al-Tah, also it rose to 83, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on areas in al-Tamanah, Jarjanaz, al-Ghadqa, Maarrat al-Nu’man, Marshourin, al-Tah, al-al-Deir al-Sharqi, Talmanas, Ma’arrat al-Sin, al-Bashiriyya, Hzarin, Hersh Bsonqul, Saraqib, and Jarjanaz in Idlib countryside, and ICARDA area and Zerba south of Aleppo, while it rose to 40, the number of raids carried out by the Russian warplanes on places in al-Tamanah, Tar’ei, and Ma’aret Hurmah in the southern countryside of Idlib, Kabani area in Jabal al-Akrad, and the outskirts of Kafr Halab in the western countryside of Aleppo, while the regime forces targeted by more than 720 shells and missiles areas in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib and the southern countryside of Aleppo, in addition to Jabal al-Akrad.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 3721, 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 21st of August 2019, and they are: 967 civilians including 241 children and 172 citizen women, and they are 211 including 43 children and 41 women, and 8 of the civil defense and 5 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 71 including 16 women and 10 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 497 including 141 children, 82 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 109 people including 20 women and 21 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 1484 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 972 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1270 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 21st of August 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4249 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1252 civilians including 323 children under the age of eighteen and 236 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 1570 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1017 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1427 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 4479 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1335 civilians including 352 children and 250 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 1637 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1119 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1507 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.