The factions stave off an attack by the regime forces south-east of Idlib and kill or capture 6 members

Fierce clashes erupted between the Islamic and rebel factions on one hand, and the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on the other, in the area of Tal Al-Damm village in the south-eastern countryside of Idlib, accompanied by exchange of targeting between both parties.

These clashes come in the shadow of an attempt by the regime forces after midnight of Friday – Saturday to advance, but the factions managed to stave off the attack, where the clashes resulted in the killing of 5 members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, in addition to the capturing of another member by the factions.

With the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 4659, 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 30th of November 2019, and they are: 1205 civilians including 305 children and 218 citizen women, and they are 299 including 67 children and 55 women, and 9 of the civil defense and 6 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 91 including 19 women and 15 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 549 including 157 children, 93 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 175 people including 35 women and 36 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 91 citizens including 30 children and 16 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 1849 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1201 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1605 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

During the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until the 30th of November 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 5185 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1488 civilians including 386 children under the age of eighteen and 282 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 117 people including 33 children under the age of eighteen and 20 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1935 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1234 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1762 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 5419 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1571 civilians including 415 children and 296 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 118 people including 33 children and 21 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 2002 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1338 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1846 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.