The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Russian jets massacre: ten civilians killed in Idlib, including seven displaced persons in Ariha city

Syrian Observatory sources report that a new massacre carried out by Russian jets, in which ten civilians were killed in Ariha city on Wednesday evening, one of the raids targeted the vicinity of the oven in the city, seven civilians were killed, including five women and a child, who are displaced from Joseph village in Jabal Zawiya, while the rest were killed in raids on al-Shami surgical hospital.

Syrian Observatory activists reported that violent clashes continued on the frontlines of al-Sahafiyeen, west of Aleppo city and Al-Qarasi in southern countryside, between opposition factions and jihadist groups on one hand, and regime forces and loyalists on the other, in continuous attacks by regime forces in order to make new advances in the area. Clashes continue between the two sides on frontlines north of Ma’rat al-Numan, in an attempt by regime forces to get closer to saraqeb town after approaching from a distance of almost five km from the town.

The number of areas that have been captured by regime forces, since Friday evening 24th of this month, rose to 33, (Telmans, Ma’ar Shmasha, Dier Sharqi, Dier Gharbi, Ma’arshamarin, Ma’rata, Al-Ghadfa, Marshourin, Al-Za’alana, Al-Dana, Tal Al-Sheikh, Sawami’e, Khirbet Mzayan, Masaran, Bsida and Taqana, Babolin, Kafr Bassin, Ma’arhatat, Hamidia, Dar es Salaam, Salhiya, Kafruma, Ma’rat al-Numan, Wadi Al-Dayif, Hantotin, al-Jarada, Ruwayha, Qahiriya, Ain Halban, Tal al-Dibis, Khan al-Sobul and Ma’ardabsi.)

While regime forces executed an elderly civilian special needs by shooting him in Ma’rat al-Numan city, according to Syrian observatory sources.
Meanwhile, HTS said that one of its cells in Ma’rat al-Numan blew himself up with a suicide vest, causing casualities among regime forces.