More casualties raise the number of people who were killed and injured to at least 23, in the air and rocket shelling on the west of Idlib and the adjacent mountains of Latakia

Idlib Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the regime forces continue targeting the western countryside of Idlib, after carrying out tens of airstrikes on this country and on the adjacent mountains of Latakia, where the regime forces targeted areas on the outskirts of Jisr al-Shughur city which wounded several people, while it rose to at least 5, the number of persons who were killed in the aerial and rocket bombing and shelling on the western countryside of Idlib, in conjunction with the rise of number of injuries as a result of the renewed shelling and the death of more civilians, where 4 citizens were killed including 2 women in raids by warplanes on Urem al-Joz, Kanisat Bani Ezz, Bsonqul, and al-Rami,  while a woman was killed in the rocket shelling by the regime forces on areas in Bidama town, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation, where at least 18 people were injured in the raids and shelling, which followed the fall of heavy losses for the regime forces yesterday night after a sudden attack by the factions on their positions in the northern countryside of Latakia, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the number of casualties continues to rise as a result of the violent attack in the northern mountains of Latakia, which was carried out factions operating in the area, where it rose to 27 at least, the number of members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them -including 8 officers-, who were killed in the shelling and violent clashes in Atirah area near the Syrian border with Iskenderun yesterday night Monday, the 9th of July 2018, also the violent and sudden attack of the factions caused wounded more than 40 other members of the regime forces and their allies, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some members still in critical situation, also the clashes caused casualties in the ranks of the attacking factions.

And the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the warplanes carrying out at least 65 airstrikes targeting several places in areas in the northern countryside of Latakia and other areas in towns and villages of Mahmbel, al-Rami. Bsonqul, Frika, al-Bashiriyya, Aynata, Kanisat Bani Ezz, Nakhlah, Urem al-Joz, al-Qiyasat, al-Kastan, and Meshmeshan in the western countryside of Idlib, and the intensive air bombardments is accompanied by artillery and rocket shelling by the regime forces on the aforementioned areas, and on other areas in the vicinity of Jisr al-Shughur city and the villages of Ayn al-Asafir and al-Kfir in the western countryside of Idlib.