Intense airstrikes target the countryside of Idlib and Hama and cause casualties mostly children

About 270 raids target the northern, the north-western and the north-eastern countryside of Hama and the southern countryside of Idlib during 24 hours of the battle of “the last attempt”

The warplanes are continuing their intensive targeting by dozens of strikes on areas in the northern, the north-western and the north-eastern countryside of Hama as well as the southern countryside of Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights observed that the intensive are strikes has continued since after the midnight of Tuesday – Wednesday till now, where they targeted by two raids places in Jarjnaz town in the eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man this dawn, which caused a massacre in which 4 people were killed they are a citizen woman, two of her children and her grandson, the shelling on Jarjnaz also caused wounded and missing which may lead to the increase of the number of casualties, warplanes also targeted a headquarter of the faction of Suqoor Al-Sham in the outskirts of Sarja town in Jabal Al-Zawiya, and no information about casualties was reported yet, warplanes also bombed today morning places in Nqeir, Al-Ftireh and Tramla, they also targeted the outskirts of Banin village in Jabal Al-Zawiya, while warplanes carried out yesterday after the midnight a raid on areas in the outskirts of Tell Mannas in the eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man, warplanes also targeted by two raids areas in the vicinity of Wadi Al-Deif in the east of Maarrat Al-Nu’man city and other areas in Kafr Nubl town and the area of a hospital in Hass town in the eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man this dawn, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented that the death of a man in Khan Shaykhun by the shelling on places in the city yesterday, and in the northern and the north-eastern countryside of Hama the warplanes has continued their intensive strikes since after the midnight till now on the contact areas with the north-eastern countryside of Hama as well as the towns and the villages of Al-Humayrat and Al-Suhayriyya in Jabal Shahshabo and Kafr Nabudah in other areas in Hama countryside, which resulted in the death of a man in Kafr Nabudah and the injury of other people, and information about casualties and wounded in Al-Suhayriyya village, while the contact areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama are witnessing intermittent clashes in low level of violence between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamic Party of Turkestan, Jaysh al-Izza, and other factions on the other, which caused more casualties in the ranks of the both parties, in which the number of casualties who were killed by the aerial and the rocket shelling, has increased to 46 fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Turkistan and the other factions, while the number of casualties who were killed during the past 24 hours in the shelling and clashes, has increased to 27 members of the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that warplanes renewed the intensive targeting of places in Kafr Nabl area in the southern countryside of Idlib, where they targeted positions area of a rebel army, also warplanes targeted areas in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern the countryside of Idlib and other areas in the town of KafrZitta and Kafr Nabudah in the northern countryside of Hama, while the clashes continue between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them against the fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, the Islamic Turkestani party, Jaysh Al-Izza and the rebel and Islamic factions in areas in the northeastern countryside of Hama, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented more casualties in the ranks of both parties, where it rose to 34 at least, the number of fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, Turkistan and the factions, also it rose to 22 at least, the number of members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, also tens of both parties were injured.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that it observed that the Russian warplanes as well as regime’s warplanes carried out more than 140 raids targeted the cities, the towns and the villages of Khan Shaykhun, Al-Hbit, Murak, Al-Taman’aa, Latmin, Al-Labbanah “Al-Janabrah”, Tarmala, Kafr Nubl, Al-Tulaysiyah, Al-Shatheh, the vicinity of Ma’an, Al-Talah Al-Sawdaa, Khafsin, Blail, Tal Hawash, Al-Hamdiyya, Ma’ar Zita, Al-Bara, Al-Tah, Sukayk, Kafr Zita, Al-Lataminah, Atshan, the vicinity of Tal Bizam and other areas in the north-eastern countryside of Hama city and the southern countryside of Idlib city, which resulted in the death of a woman and a man and the injury of tens others, while 3 persons including two relievers by targeting their car during carrying a wounded from the clash fronts, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented that about 15 fighters were killed in the shelling, clashes and raids, while the SOHR documented the death of about 20 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them by the same explosions, targeting and clashes.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also observed the targeting by the factions to the area of Hama Military Airbase and the villages and the areas of Ma’an, Khafsin, Blail, Al-Tulaysiyah, Al-Zughbah, Al-Qahirah, Al-Talah Al-Sawdaa, Al-Fan Wastani and Al-Fan Qibli in the north-eastern countryside of Hama and the southeastern countryside of Idlib, the SOHR also documented that the air strikes targeted the civil defense centers in Khan Shaykhun, Al-Taman’aa and Kafr Nubl in the southern countryside of Idlib, in addition to targeting the hospitals and the medical points in the southern countryside, by warplanes and helicopters, they are Al-Rahma medical point in Khan Shaykhun, and Al-Rahman maternity in Al-Tah town which were directly targeted, as well as targeting the vicinity of a hospital in Kafr Nubl and the vicinity of a medical point in Ma’ar Zita.

Also Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamic Party of Turkestan and the rebel and Islamic factions managed to achieve advancement and take the control of the villages of Al-Qahirah, Al-Shatheh, Al-Tulaysiyah and Al-Talah Al-Sawdaa in the north-eastern countryside of Hama, after consecutive violent attacks, which forced the regime forces to withdraw under the pressure of the intensive shelling and the violent attack, and the death toll of that were killed during the first 12 hours is still likely to rise because of the presence of serious injuries and missing.

It was mentioned that this battle of the last attempt, comes in an effort by the factions to achieve advancement in the area and take the control of the villages which close the distance between them and the strategic mountain of Zayn Al-Abidin and Hama city, while this battle comes after preparations lasted for days in which Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham intended to tell the citizens in the villages in the far southern countryside of Idlib and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, to leave their houses to avoid the intensive shelling which will be carried out on the area if the operation starts, thus, the area witnessed a displacement movement during the past days to villages far from the areas of this military operation, while Hama province witnessed months ago violent clashes between the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities, and the rebel and Islamic factions and Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, in which they managed to take the control of a large number of villages and towns, under a cover of intensive shelling, then the regime forces came and retook the control on the whole areas they lost.