The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Warplanes of the Russian “guarantor” target this morning Hama and Idlib countryside and violate the 14-hours of cautious calm that prevailed “Putin – Erdogan” area

The aerial bombardment renewed on “Putin – Erdogan” area after it stopped for about 14 consecutive hours since Saturday evening until Saturday morning, where the Russian “guarantor’s” warplanes bombed several places in Khan Shaykhun city, Kafr Ain village in the southern countryside of Idlib, and other places in Kafr Zita town in the northern countryside of Hama, while regime’s warplanes are still absent from the area, and the clash areas in the northern countryside of Hama are witnessing a cautious calm, interrupted by exchange of rocket shelling accompanied by heavy machineguns targeting, after the factions were able yesterday to counter the attempts of advancement by the regime forces in the area, where the Syrian Observatory documented yesterday the death of 23 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who were killed today in clashes and targeting vehicles in the north-west of Hama and Qasabiyeh area south of Idlib, the SOHR also documented the death of 11 including 7 jihadists, the number of fighters who were killed in ground and aerial bombardment and clashes in the same areas.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 2229, 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, until the 8th of July 2019, and they are: 584 civilians including 148 children and 116 citizen women, and they are 65 including 19 children and 18 women, and 2 of the civil defense were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 55 including 12 women and 10 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 345 including 91 children, 62 women, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 80 people including 16 women and 10 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 39 citizens including 18 children and 8 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, Qamhana, Al-Nairab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 870 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 550 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 775 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

And during the period between the 15th of February 2019; the date of the meeting of “Rouhani – Erdogan – Putin” until the 8th of July 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2758 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 871 civilians including 234 children under the age of eighteen and 180 women 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 67 people including 24 children under the age of eighteen and 14 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 956 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 595 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 931 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 2987 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 952 civilians including 262 children and 194 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 69 people including 24 children and 12 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1023 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 609 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1012 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.