The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After Russia’s “Thermite” attack today, warplanes bomb again the eastern countryside of Idlib and shelling targets north of Homs

Idlib Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces renewed the shelling on areas in the western countryside of Idlib, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored missile shelling targets areas in Jisr al-Shughur city, which wounded a person, also the warplanes bombed areas in Islameen village and places in Sheikh Idris village in the eastern countryside of Idlib, which caused material damage but no information about casualties, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published this morning that the bombardment by the Russian warplanes was carried out by using shattered bombs, filled with Thermite, and the “Thermite” substance is composed of aluminum powder and iron oxide, and causes burns because it continues to ignite for about 180 seconds, and it is inside the bombs used by Russian warplanes in recent weeks of bombing the Syrian territory, it is a cluster incendiary bombs, its type is “RBK-500 ZAB 2.5 SM” which weighs about 500 kg (about 1100 pounds) dropped by the military aircrafts, and carry small sized bombs anti-individuals and anti-vehicles of the type ((AO 2.5 RTM)), between 50 -110 small sized bombs stuffed with “Thermite”, which outpour out of it when they explode, the range of this anti-individuals and anti-vehicles bombs is between 20-30 meters.

Homs province, the Syrian Observatory for human Rights: the regime forces renewed the targeting on areas in Talbiseh city located in the northern countryside of Homs, which caused material damage but no information about casualties.