The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

After the intensive bombardment on Idlib countryside… accusations against the regime of using gases during targeting Saraqeb town by explosive barrels

The bombardment by warplanes and helicopters is continuing on areas in Idlib countryside, in conjunction with renewed rocket shelling on other areas in this countryside, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the regime’s helicopters targeted areas in Saraqeb town in the eastern countryside of Idlib, where a bad smell spred after the targeting and resulted in asphyxiation of 5 citizens, and residents and doctors accused the regime forces of targeting Saraqeb town by gases which resulted in the asphyxiation of the citizens, while the warplanes carried out raids targeting areas in Maarrat Al-Nu’man city and its outskirts, which caused material damage to Maarrat Al-Nu’man Hospital, while it has increased to 2 casualties who were killed in Maarrat Al-Nu’man city due to shelling by missiles believed to be ground-to-ground, fired by the regime forces on areas in the city, also warplanes targeted areas in Idlib city and its outskirts, while the violent clashes are continuing between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities against Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamic Party of Turkestan and Islamic factions, in the areas of Tell Quntar, Abu Khashriyya, Masada, Al-Mshirfah and Al-Husseiniyah, amid advancement by the factions in the area, the warplanes also opened their heavy machineguns on the road between Saraqeb town and Idlib city, while a child was killed and others were injured, as a result of bombardment on areas in Maasaran town in Maarrat Al-Nu’man countryside.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published few hours ago, that Idlib province has been witnessing continuous, intensive and violent bombardment, for hours, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the warplanes targeted by tens of raids, areas in Kafr Nubl, Maarrat Al-Nu’man, Ghadqa, Jirjinaz, Maar Dibsah, Maasaran, Khan Shaykhun, Tell Mardikh, Khan Al-Sabil, Rakaya and Al-Taman’aa, in conjunction with ongoing shelling on other areas in the countryside of Idlib province, amid renewed bombardment which is targeting areas in Kafr Zita town and other places in Murak town and Al-Sayyad village, and the intensive bombardment and targeting Kafr Nuble town, resulted in a massacre which left 6 civilian casualties so far, including 2 children and a citizen woman, and some of them are of one family, the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries and the presence of missing people are still under the rubble of the destruction caused by the bombardment, the regime forces also shelled areas in Maarrat Al-Nu’man city and its outskirts by missiles, which resulted in the death of a young man and information about wounded.