Regime’s barrel bombs target Jabal Al-Akrad as ground bombardment continues in the area

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a child died of his injuries by barrel bombs dropped by helicopter on Abadita town in the southern countryside of Idlib a few days ago, while regime helicopters dropped more barrel bombs on the area of “Putin-Erdogan”, targeting Kabana’s confrontation line in Jabal Al-Akrad, amid rocket shelling carried out by regime forces on the area, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had documented for hours, the death of a child and the injury of 6 citizens of the same family (3 children, two women and a man), as a helicopter dropped barrel bombs on Maar shourin town in the eastern countryside of Maarat Al Numan.

As more casualties have been reported, the number of people killed since the last “Putin-Erdogan” agreement on August 31 to December 15, raised to 835, they are 224 civilians, including 65 children and 44 women killed by the regime and Russian “guarantor” aircrafts, as well as ground bombardments and targets. They are 98, including 32 children and 17 women, in the Russian air strikes on Idlib and Hama countryside,  and 15, including 3 women and 6 children were killed in barrel bombs by helicopters, and 32, including 5 children and 6 women were killed in the targeting of regime warplanes, and 65 people, including 16 women and 17 children were killed in ground shelling by the regime, and 14 civilians, including 5 children and 2 women were killed by the factions shelling on the regime-held areas In Aleppo city and its countryside and Hama countryside, in the same period, at least 291 fighters were killed by the regime and Russians in aerial and ground strikes and in clashes , including 192 jihadists, in addition to the deaths of 320 members of regime forces and allied militants in targeting, bombing, explosions and clashes with jihadist groups and factions.

The death toll since the start of the most violent escalation in the “de-escalation” zone on April 30, as of December 15, raised to 4,936, including 1269 civilians, including 325 children and 230 women were killed by the regime and Russian “guarantor” warplanes, in addition to bombardment and ground targets, they are 324, including 76 children, 60 women, 9 civil defense and 6 of the emergency service by the Russian air strikes in both Idlib and Hama countryside, and 103,  including 22 women and 21 children were killed in barrel bombs by helicopters, 569 including 159 children, 96 women and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed also in targeting by the regime warplanes. A further 179 people, including 36 women and 38 children, were killed in ground bombardments carried out by regime forces, and 94 civilans, including 31 children and 16 women were killed by the factions shelling on Saqalbya, Qamhanah, Al-Rasif, Aziziya, Karnaz, Jurin, Al-Nairb camp and other neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, In the same period, at least 1,956 fighters were killed by the regime and Russian air and ground strikes and clashes, including 1,279 jihadists, in addition to 1,711 regime forces and allied militants killed in targets, bombings, explosions and clashes with jihadist groups and factions.

During the period between the 15th of February 2019, the date of the meeting of “Ruhani – Erdogan – Putin” until the 15th of December 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the deaths of 5462 people in the Russian –Turkish truce areas, they are 1552 civilians including 406 children and 294 women, they were killed by the Russian air strikes and the rocket shelling by the regime forces and the factions, and among the death toll of civilians is 120 people including 34 children and 20 women were killed in shell launched by the factions on the regime-held areas, and 2042 fighters were killed in different circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1311 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1868 of the regime forces and allied militias.

SOHR also documented since the start of the Russian – Turkish truce the deaths of 5696 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1635 civilians including 435 children and 308 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the allied militias , targeting, and bombardment by warplanes, and among them there are 121 people including 34 children and 21 women, were killed in by shell launched by the factions, and 2109 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1415 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1952 members of the regime forces and allied militias.