Renewed airstrikes | Russian jets attack positions in the “de-escalation zone”, brining the number of airstrikes since early August to nearly 50

SOHR sources have reported that Russian fighter jets executed four airstrikes on the surrounding areas of al-Bara and Kansafra towns in the southern countryside of Idlib this morning. No casualties have been reported.

 

Yesterday, Observatory sources reported that Russian fighter jets executed three airstrikes with high-explosive missiles, targeting the outskirts of Kansafra, Mar’yan and al-Mawzarah towns in Jabal al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib. However, no casualties were reported.

 

Accordingly, the number of airstrikes executed by Russian fighter jets on military positions and posts in the “de-escalation zone” since early August has risen to 48. These airstrikes could be distributed as follows:

 

• On August 5, six airstrikes hit the surrounding areas of al-Bara town in Jabal al-Zawiyah, the hills of Kabana in Latakia countryside and Duwayr al-Akrad in Hama countryside near the administrative border with Latakia countryside.

 

• On August 9 and August 10, Russian fighter jets executed 12 airstrikes on Hursh Sheik Bahr in the west of Maarrat Masrin city in the northern countryside of Idlib.

 

• On August 19, the Russian jets targeted, with two airstrikes, military posts in the poultry farms of Ain Shayb village to the west of Idlib city.

 

• On August 20, Russian jets executed 18 airstrikes on several areas throughout Idlib, as 12 airstrikes hit the poultry farms of Ain Shayb village, while the other six airstrikes hit a position believed to be a workshop belonging to the Turkistani Islamic Party for manufacturing ammunition on a mountain in the south of Qurqanya town in the northern countryside of Idlib.

 

• On August 21, three airstrikes were executed on Hemaymat village in Sahl al-Ghab in the north-western countryside of Hama.

 

• On August 22, Russian jets executed three airstrikes with high-explosive missiles on the outskirts of Kansafra, Mar’yan and al-Mawzarah towns in Jabal al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib.

 

• On August 23, Russian fighter jets executed four airstrikes on the surrounding areas of al-Bara and Kansafra towns in the southern countryside of Idlib.

 

According to SOHR sources, the Russian airstrikes in August have left no civilian casualties so far.