The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Timeline | Recent developments across Syria

 

July 9, 2021

 

Regime-held areas

 

-SOHR activists have documented that a members of the Syrian regime-backed National Defense factions was killed in land mine explosion while he was trying to detonate it in Faydahat Ibn Mowina in al-Mayadeen desert in eastern Deir Ezzor.

 

-SOHR activists have documented death of leader in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, who is an Iranian national, in land mine explosion in eastern desert of Homs. It was expected that ISIS has planted the min in the region.

 

-SOHR activists have documented the death of a civilian from Ataman village in Daraa countryside, who worked for the Military Security branch, due to gunfire by unknown gunmen in Tafas city in the western countryside of Daraa. The attack also left two other people who were nearby injured.

 

Aleppo

 

-SOHR activists have monitored artillery fire by Turkish forces and their proxy factions stationed in Tokhar al-Saghir village on al-Lajat village, north-east of Manbij city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo. On the other hand, SOHR activists have monitored clashes with medium weapons between Manbij Military Council Forces and Turkish-backed factions on the frontlines of Tokhar and Aarab Hassane in Manbij countryside, but no causalities have been reported yet.

 

-SOHR activists had reported rocket fire by Turkish forces and their proxies, in the early hours of Friday morning, on areas under control of Manbij Military Council in Manbij countryside eastern Aleppo. The attack wounded two and caused material losses in the region amid exchange of shooting by machineguns.

 

 

 

SDF-Held areas

 

SOHR activists, on Friday, have reported rocket fire by Turkish-backed factions in Dada and Abdel villages that are under control of the SDF in Abu-Raseen (Zarkan) areas, but no casualties have been reported.

 

 

“De-escalation zone”

 

SOHR activists in the de-escalation zone have reported that Russian warplanes have bombarded on Friday noon frontlines of Kubanah in Jabal al-Akrad in north Latikkia countryside, and Hash Joezief in Jabal al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib, which caused casualties.

 

SOHR activists, in Erdogan-Putin area, have reported rocket fire by regime forces on Friday morning at areas in al-Qarqourah in Sahl al-Ghab in northwest Hama, Arnbah, Balyoun, al-Mouzrah, Fulifil, Banien and Jabal al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib countryside. But, no causalities have been reported amid hovering of Russian scouting aircrafts above Idlib province especially in the southern part of the city.

Yesterday, SHOR activists reported rocket fire bombarded by regime forces on the areas around Turkish military checkpoint in Balyoun area in Jabal al-Zawiyah in southern Idlib countryside. The regime forces also have bombarded other areas in Jabal al-Zawiyah in northwest Hama countryside while HTS has targeted regime forces and its proxies positions in Kafrnaba in southern Idlib countryside, but nor casualties have been reported yet.