The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

About 35 casualties of the regime forces and jihadi groups in the recent violent attack on positions of the first in Latakia Mountains since morning

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented heavy casualties as a result of the violent clashes in areas of Jabal al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia since morning, against the backdrop of a violent and widespread attack carried out by the jihadi groups and factions on sites of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, through which they managed to gain control of 7 strategic positions, where 23 members of the regime forces and militias loyal to them were killed, also 11 of the jihadi groups were killed, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, where jihadi factions were able to advance and take control of new positions in the northern countryside of Latakia, during the counteroffensive they began Friday morning on positions of the regime forces, where they gained control of Tallat al-Ballut and Beit al-Asim and the area of the four junctions Jabal al-Akrad, while the clashes remain at their most in areas along the contact points from Jub al-Ahmar in the western countryside of Hama; until Jabal al-Turkman near the Turkish border in the northernmost countryside of Latakia.

And the Syrian Observatory just published that the factions carried out infiltration operations in positions of the regime forces in Ayn al-Qantra, Tallat Aby Asaad, Ketf Sando, and Tal al-Hadadah in Latakia countryside, where the factions are taking advantage of the bad weather conditions in Latakia countryside which hinders the movement of the air force.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 4336, the number of people who were killed since the 31st 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 1st of November 2019, and they are: 1099 civilians including 269 children and 195 citizen women, and they are 234 including 45 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 542 including 155 children, 92 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 148 people including 26 women and 25 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 81 citizens including 26 children and 15 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 1746 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1149 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1502 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 1st of November 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4865 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1378 civilians including 350 children under the age of eighteen and 259 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 107 people including 31 children under the age of eighteen and 19 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1832 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1184 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1659 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 5096 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1461 civilians including 379 children and 273 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 108 people including 31 children and 20 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1899 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1286 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1742 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.