The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

About 60 Russian airstrikes target rural Aleppo and Idlib since morning kill 15 civilians, two-thirds of them are children

The death toll of the Russian airstrikes in Idlib and Aleppo countryside continues to rise, where since this morning 15 civilians including 10 children were killed, they are: a man, his wife, their six children, and another man were killed in shelling on Kafrtal village west of Aleppo, two men were killed in Russian shelling on the vicinity of al-Bara village south of Idlib, and two displaced children from Hama countryside were killed in Russian airstrikes on Jadraya village west of Aleppo, a displaced child from al-Hbit was killed in shelling on Arhab west of Aleppo, and a child was killed in shelling on Taqad in the same countryside, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are more than 35 injured people and some of them are in critical situation.

The number of raids carried out by Russian jets since the morning has increased to nearly 59, targeted areas in Telmanas, Ma’ar Shorin, Ma’ar Shamarin, Deir Soonbol, Masaran, the vicinity of al-Bara in south and south-east rural Idlib, Kafrnaha, Kfar Da’ail, al-Mansoura, Al-Andumi factories, Rihab, al-Abzamo, Al-Azamu, Taaqad and the vicinity of the 46th regiment and Jabal Sheikh Barakat, Jam’eyyat al-Rahhal, Jadraya, Kafrnuran west of Aleppo city.

With the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1,710, 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 today, and they are: 430 civilians including 125 children and 77 citizen women, and they are 170 including 62 children and 27 women were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 21 including three women and seven children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 117 including 21 children 19 women were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 92 people including 23 women and 28 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 30 citizens including seven children and five 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 610 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 450 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 670 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

It rose to at least 5,811, 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 today, and they are: 1,475 civilians including 385 children and 263 citizen women, and they are 396 including 106 children and 70 women, and nine of the civil defense and six of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 109 including 22 women and 22 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 655 including 176 children, 109 women, and six members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 206 people including 43 women and 48 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 110 citizens including 33 children and 19 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 2,275 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1,537 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 2,061 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 today; the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 6,337 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1,758 civilians including 466 children under the age of eighteen and 327 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 136 people including 36 children under the age of eighteen and 23 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 2,361 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1,569 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 2,218 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 6,571 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1,841 civilians including 493 children and 341 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 137 people including 36 children and 24 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 2,428 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1,673 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 2,302 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.