Russian warplanes resume the shelling after being absent for more than 48 hours and leave more destruction, and 6 civilian casualties are the death toll of the ground shelling for the second day of the undeclared post-escalation truce
It rose to 6 including a woman and her child, the number of people who were killed, and they are: 3 brothers were killed in shelling by the regime forces on areas at Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, and a woman and her child were killed in shelling by the regime forces on areas in the towns of Qastun and Zayzoun in Sahl al-Ghab, and a citizen was killed in shelling by the regime forces on areas in al-Hbit town in the southern countryside of Idlib.
And regarding the aerial bombardment, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored after sundown of the second day of the undeclared post air-escalation truce; the return of Russian warplanes to fly and bombard, where the Russian warplanes carried out 5 raids on areas in Kafr Nubl town and its vicinity in the southern countryside of Idlib, in conjunction with rocket shelling by the regime forces targeted areas on the outskirts of the villages and towns of al-Ankawi, Midan Ghazal, Horta, and Zayzoun in the northwestern countryside of Hama, and other places in areas of Kabani and Jabal al-Akrad in the northeastern countryside of Latakia, and the villages of Jadraya and al-Sahn in the western countryside of Idlib, and the shelling comes in conjunction with targeting by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham using heavy machineguns for positions of the regime forces in Hersh al-Karakat in the northwestern countryside of Hama.
The Syrian Observatory published hours ago that cautious calm prevails the “de-escalation” areas during the second day of the undeclared post-escalation truce, with the exception of artillery shelling by the regime forces targeted places in al-Hbit town in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had documented this afternoon the death of 3 civilian citizens brothers in rocket shelling by the regime forces; targeted places in Khan Shaykhun city in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published hours ago that the ground shelling continues on the Russian – Turkish truce areas, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored artillery shelling by the regime forces targeted areas in Midan Ghazal village at Jabal Shashabo in the northwestern countryside of Hama which caused injuries, and in the same context it rose to 3 brother citizens, the number of people who were killed in rocket shelling by the regime forces on areas at Khan Shaykhun city in southern countryside Idlib.
The Syrian Observatory published hours ago that the regime forces targeted by tens of rocket shells places in Kabani area in the northeastern countryside of Latakia, and other areas in Jisr al-Shughur city west of Idlib countryside, and Job Suleiman in the northwestern countryside of Hama, also the factions operating in the northern countryside of Hama targeted by mortar shells positions of the regime forces in the areas of Hamamiyyat and al-Jabin in the same countryside.
And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 489, the number of people who were killed since the 30th of April 2019, the date of start of the most violent escalation in terms of aerial and ground bombardment, shelling, and targeting since Putin – Erdogan agreement, and they are: 170 civilians including 33 children and 38 citizen women, and they are 34 including 8 children and 9 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 25 including 7 women and a child girl were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 55 including 12 women, 11 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 35 people including 6 women and 2 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 21 citizens including 10 children and 3 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 169 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling, in addition to the killing of 150 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.
And with the fall of more casualties, the death toll rises in the heaviest continuous escalation on its 28th day, to 642 people in the period since the morning of the 20th of April 2019, until the 19th of May 2019, they are 220 civilians including 46 children and 49 women, were killed in the Russian air bombardment and regime forces’ shelling on areas in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Idlib, including 25 civilians casualties including 10 children and 4 citizen women were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions on Aleppo city, al-Hadir town south of Aleppo, al-Khandeq village, and al-Suqaylabiyah town in Hama countryside, and 19 people were killed in the explosion of a truck loaded with high-explosive materials owned by the jihadi groups in Jisr al-Shughur city west of Idlib, and 187 of the jihadi groups and the factions were killed in attacks and clashes against the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and 216 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed in attacks by the jihadi groups on several areas of the demilitarized area.
And during the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until today, the 19th of May 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 1018 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 458 civilians including 116 children under the age of eighteen and 107 woman over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the Russian aerial bombardment and the rocket shelling by the regime forces and the factions, and among the death toll of civilians there are 49 people including 16 children under the age of eighteen and 9 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 255 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 158 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 305 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.
While the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented since the start of the Russian – Turkish truce the death of 1248 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 539 civilians including 148 children and 119 women, were killed in shelling by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them, targeting, and bombardment by warplanes, and among them there are 52 people including 16 children and 8 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 322 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 173 of the “Jihadi” fighters and 23 fighters of Jaysh al-Izza, who were killed in ambushes and clashes including a commander at least, they were killed in ambushes and attack by the regime forces in the northern countryside of Hama, and 387 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.