The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Hama and Idlib witness continued shelling by the regime forces and warplanes on their villages and towns

Both northern countryside of Hama and southern countryside of Idlib witnesses ongoing shelling, along shelling on other areas in both provinces, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that the helicopters dropped several explosive barrels on areas in Kafr Sajna town in the southern countryside of Idlib, and no information about casualties was reported yet, in conjunction with bombardment by warplanes on areas in the town, as well as other areas in Kafr Nuble town in the western countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man, and Tremla and Hbit towns in the southern countryside of Idlib, which resulted in the fall of wounded in Kafr Nubl town including 2 children (a boy and a girl), also the helicopters targeted areas in Brighet village and Wadi Al-Jays in the southern countryside of Hama by explosive barrels, without information about casualties so far, and the regime forces shelled areas in the agricultural lands of Kafr Zita town in the northern countryside of Hama by several artillery shells, which resulted in the break out of fires in the agricultural lands.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has published since morning that it monitored bombardment by warplanes targeting areas in Al-Hammamiyat and Al-Zakah villages, in the northern countryside of Hama, also the warplanes targeted areas in Al-Sakhar and Al-Arba’in villages, while the regime forces targeted areas in Al-Lataminah town in the north of Hama, along with shelling by the regime forces on areas in Brisah village in the eastern countryside of Maarrat Al-Nu’man city, amid bombardment which targeted areas in Abu Omar village in the southern countryside of Idlib, while the regime forces targeted areas in Hbit town and the outskirts of Khan Shaykhun city in the same countryside, where the intensive shelling by tens of missiles and shells, resulted in the death of a woman and a man in the south of Idlib, while a fighter was killed in Al-Lataminah village in the same shelling, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of serious injuries.

And this escalation comes as a result of mobilizations by several factions which are Hurras al-Deen Group which is defected of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and swore allegiance to the “Islamic State” organization, Ansar al-Tawhid Group belonged formerly to Jund al-Aqsa organization, Jaysh Al-Badia, Jund Al-Malahim, Jaysh Al-Sahil and other rebel factions, where these factions brought military reinforcements during the past four days, monitored by the reconnaissance planes, in a prelude by them to attack the positions of the regime forces in the north-western countryside of Hama.