Timeline | Recent developments across Syria
June 9, 2021
Regime-controlled areas
-Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activists have reported rise in casualties caused by Israeli strikes on Homs countryside in late hours of Tuesday to 11 Syrian nationals affiliated to the regime forces and the National Defense forces including a brigadier.
The Israeli attacks have hit a scientific research center in Kharbat al-Tinah and other military posts and positions in the area stationed in western Homes. The strikes also have targeted ammunition warehouse for Lebanese Hezbollah south of Homs city. The deaths may increase because some wounded are in serious conditions. Information has reported other casualties from non-Syrian people.
-A body of murdered civilian has been found near al-Sheikh Saad city western Daraa countryside after he was abducted by unknown persons yesterday at the road between the two cities of al-Badoudah and al-Mazareeb western Darra. The dead young man is from al-Sharae city in al-Lalgah neighborhood in east Daraa countryside.
On the other hand, number of people killed, by unidentified gunmen in the city of al-Sanamin city in north Daraa countryside, yesterday, rises to two civilians.
Moreover, SOHR activists have monitored eight regime forces’ vehicles loaded with fighters and other provide with heavy machine guns have arrived in the road between the two cities of al-Mosyfarah and al-Ghorbah east Daraa countryside. The vehicles were deployed and several temporally checkpoints were installed in the neighborhood.
-SOHR activists have reported on Wednesday, the explosion of an IED that was planted by unknown people in Nabaa al-Sakhr village in the central Al-Quneitra countryside, few kilometers far off the border of the occupied Golan. The explosion caused material losses without information about casualties.
Aleppo
-SOHR activists have reported continuous security alert between Sultan Murad and other Jaysh Al-Sharqiyyah’s factions around the Dersam Hospital in the street of Villat in the city of Afrin city northwest Aleppo after clashes between the two factions took place in the early hours of Wednesday. The clashes left two wounded from both sides.
-SOHR activists have reported that the Turkish intelligence escorted by the loyal military police have arrested on Monday two of the civil policemen who belong to Bliliko and Kawanda villages in the neighborhood of Afrin countryside. The policemen were accused of formerly working with the Autonomous Administration during its control on Afrin.
Civil police have also arrested a civilian of Hag Khalil village in the neighborhood of Rajo who was working as a volunteer to a non-governmental organization over his criticism on social media to the practices of the Turkey-backed national Army in Afrin.
-SOHR activists have reported a rocket fire shelled y the Turkish forces on Wednesday morning, targeting areas in Jabal al-Sayed stationed under control of Manbij Military Council in the western part of Manbij countryside in northeast Aleppo. Material losses have been reported but no news about casualties.
SDF-held areas
-SOHR activists have reported death of Russian soldier who sustained wounds afther he was transferred to the field hospital in SDF-held al-Darbasyah city after an explosion hit a Russian military vehicle after passing in the village of al-Asadiyah stationed at the separation line between Syrian Democratic Forces and the regime forces positions and the Turkish forces and its proxies’ positions in Abu Raaseen countryside in al-Hasakah province.
SOHR activists have documented the hover of Russian helicopters in the areas to transfer the remained three wounded soldiers to hospitals.
-SOHR activists have reported that a young man has targeted with machine gun an International Coalition helicopter while hovering over SDF-controlled al-Basirah city in eastern Deir Ezzor countryside. However the helicopter turned and fired back on the man by using heavy weapon. Other four helicopters were escorted for combing the area after calling in loud speakers on the people not to sleep on the houses roofs.
Searching for the man has continued for until early hours of Wednesday until the International Coalition forces have arrested the young man who shot the helicopter. During the combing and arresting operations, fire broke out into a land planted with wheat.
On the other hand, SDF patrol has raideda in the early hours of Wednesday a civilian house in al-Shaheel city eastern Deir Ezzor burning the house, oil tank and seized another tank claiming the oil was smuggled to the regime-controlled areas.
De-escalations zone
-Syrian regime forces targeted, with artillery, positions of opposition factions on Afes village frontline, east of Idlib city, but no casualties have been reported yet. On the other hand, regime land troops renewed their heavy artillery on villages and positions in Sahl al-Ghab, targeting the factions’ supply lines and the surrounding areas of al-Ankawi, al-Zayara and Al al-Sermaniya villages.
SOHR activists had monitored a new round of intensive ground shelling the area of “Putin-Erdoghan” which regime forces started at the early hours this morning. Regime artillery shells targeted some areas in Al-Bara , Fleifal,Al-Fateera and Sfohen in the southern countryside of Edlib. In addition to shelling Al-Abrar camp area in Taaom town surroundings but no casualties were reported.