The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The regime forces commit a massacre by targeting a village in Jisr Al-Shugur with rocket shells leaving 6 casualties from the same family half of whom are children

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented more human losses due to the aerial and rocket bombardment on Idlib province, where the regime forces committed a new massacre in the western countryside of Idlib by targeting Bdama village in Jisr Al-Shughur countryside with rocket shells, which resulted in the killing of 6 citizens of a single family (a citizen woman and 3 of her children and 2 other women), after the fall of a shell inside their house in the village.

Also 4 other citizens were killed in air strikes carried out by the regime’s warplanes on Maasaran villahe in the southern countryside of Idlib, while SOHR has documented the death of a citizen due to barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on Tal Mannas town.

In connection to this, the airspace of Idlib witnesses continued flight of Russian and regime warplanes in conjunction with intense strikes targeting the area’s countryside.

Thus, it rose to 14, the number of raids carried out by the regime’s warplanes on Maarrat Al-Nu’man city, Jarjnaz, Maasaran, Maarshourin, Maarshamshah, Al-Halba, Maarshmarin, Abu Habbah, Maarrat Al-Nu’man Highway, the outskirts of Babilla and Tal Mannas.

Also it rose to 29, the number of barrel bombs drobbed by helicopters on 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.

While the number of raids carried out by the Russian warplanes on Sehyan, Babulin, Jarjnaz, Al-Qarrati, Al-Tah and Deir Sharqi, rose to 18.

With the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 855, 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: 241 civilians including 71 children and 49 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 16 including 3 women and 6 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 37 including 5 children 6 women were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 71 people including 19 women and 20 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 4956, 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 331 children and 235 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 104 including 22 women and 21 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 574 including 159 children, 96 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 185 people including 39 women and 41 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 5482 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1569 civilians including 412 children under the age of eighteen and 299 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 5718 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1652 civilians including 441 children and 313 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.