The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime and Russian warplanes consecutively targeting the eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man with tens of air strikes

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of a citizen in air strikes carried out by the regime’s warplanes on the vicinity of Babilla village in the southern countryside of Idlib.

Meanwhile, warplanes of the regime and the Russian “guarantor” started a new round of intensive aerial bombardment on Idlib countryside, where helicopters dropped more than 18 barrel bombs on areas in Al-Haraki, Babulin, Hass, Jarjnaz, Al-Ghadqah, the vicinity of Tal Mannas, Babilla, Maarshamshah and Maarshourin in the eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man, also the regime’s warplanes targeted places in Abu Habbah, Maarrat Al-Nu’man Highway.

For its part, the Russian guarantor’s warplanes carried out 11 raids on areas in Sehyan, Babulin, Jarjnaz, Al-Qarrati and Al-Tah.

On the other hand, fierce clashes are underway between jihadi groups against the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them, in Kabani area in Jabal Al-Akrad in the northern countryside of Latakia.

With the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 844, the number of people who were killed since the last agreement of “Putin – Erdogan” on the 31st of August 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 17th of December 2019, and they are: 230 civilians including 68 children and 46 citizen women, and they are 103 including 35 children and 19 women were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 15 including 3 women and 6 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 33 including 5 children 6 women were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 65 people including 16 women and 17 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 14 citizens including 5 children and 2 women were killed in shelling by the factions on regime forces’-controlled areas in Aleppo and its countryside and the countryside of Hama, while at least 291 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 192 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 323 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

Thus, it rose to at least 4945, 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 17th of December 2019, and they are: 1286 civilians including 328 children and 232 citizen women, and they are 329 including 79 children and 62 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 103 including 22 women and 21 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 570 including 159 children, 96 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 179 people including 36 women and 38 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 94 citizens including 31 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 1956 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1279 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1714 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 17th of December 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 5471 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1558 civilians including 409 children under the age of eighteen and 296 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 120 people including 34 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 2042 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1311 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1871 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 5705 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1641 civilians including 438 children and 310 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 121 people including 34 children and 21 women, were killed in the fall of shells 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 1955 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.