The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Regime forces shell the vicinity of the Turkish observation post in Shir Mghar in Hama countryside in conjunction with continued cautious calm on the 4 sectors of the “de-escalation” area during the 9th day of the ceasefire

The regime forces shelled by heavy artillery the vicinity of Shir Mghar village near the Turkish observation post in the western countryside of Hama, while villages in the eastern and southern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man were under sporadic shelling by rocket shells, but other than that; the cautious calm continues in the entire “Putin – Erdogan” area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored artillery and missile shelling targeted Maarrat al-Nu’man countryside, where the shelling target areas in the towns of Jarjanaz, Marshmarin, Talmanas, and Deir Sharqi, in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, in conjunction with the flight of reconnaissance drones in the airspace of the area, raising to about 67, the number of shells and missiles that targeted “Putin – Erdogan” area, and in the same context, the regime forces launched several rocket shells after midnight of yesterday and this morning places in Kafrsajna, al-Tah, Om Jalal, and al-Ghadqa in the eastern countryside of Maarrat al-Nu’man city, and Kabani area in Jabal al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia, and areas in Sahl al-Ghab and the villages of Jabal Shashabo in the northern and western countryside of Hama.

And in this context, airstrikes by warplanes of the regime and the Russian “guarantor” have been suspended since the morning of Saturday, the 31st of August 2019, while the cautious calm prevails throughout “Putin – Erdogan” area, interrupted by the fall of shells on the aforementioned areas since Sunday morning as the new ceasefire entered its 9th day in a row.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 4126, 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 7th of September 2019, and they are: 1049 civilians including 261 children and 186 citizen women, and they are 226 including 44 children and 43 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 88 including 19 women and 15 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 540 including 154 children, 91 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 115 people including 20 women and 21 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 80 citizens including 26 children and 14 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 1671 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1088 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1406 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 7th of September 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4651 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1332 civilians including 342 children under the age of eighteen and 250 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 106 people including 31 children under the age of eighteen and 18 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1757  fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1123 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1562 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 4882 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1415 civilians including 371 children and 264 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 107 people including 31 children and 19 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1824 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1225 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1645 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.