“De-escalation zone” | Regime forces target positions in west Hama countryside with rockets and machinegun fire
SOHR sources have reported that regime forces shelled positions in the early hours of Friday morning in Tel Waset, Al-Mansourah, Al-Qahera, Kherbet Al-Naqous, Qulayden, Al-Ankawi and Al-Sarmaniyah in the north-western countryside of Hama. In addition, regime forces attacked positions in Al-Mashyak, Al-Qarqour and Al-Ziyyarah in the western countryside of Hama with heavy machineguns, but no casualties have been reported.
On the other hand, frontlines in the western countryside of Aleppo experienced exchange of medium and heavy machinegun fire between regime forces and their loyalists on one hand, and opposition factions on the other, amid unconfirmed reports of casualties.
Since early 2023, SOHR has documented 104 operations in the “de-escalation zone,” including attacks, gunfire by snipers and bombardment, which left 193 combatants and civilians dead. In addition, these operations left over 103 combatants and 30 civilians, including two women and other children, injured.
The fatalities can be distributed as follows:
- Seven civilians were killed by regime forces.
- 141 members of regime forces, including eight officers.
- An Afghan militiaman of “Liwaa Fatemiyoun.”
- 39 members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, including a French jihadist.
- Two members of the jihadist faction of “Ansar Al-Tawheed.
- One member of “Ahrar Al-Sham” movement.
- One member of “Al-Sham Corps.”
- One member of “Hurras Al-Din” organisation.