The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

About 40 casualties and injuries due to the continued aerial bombardment by warplanes of the Syrian regime and the Russian “guarantor” on areas south of Idlib

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented the death of 3 citizens and the injury of about 7 others as a result of a raid by several thermobaric missiles carried out by the Syrian regime’s warplanes on Kafr Oweid village in the southern countryside of Idlib, raising to 12, the number of people who were killed today in bombardment by the regime and Russian warplanes, they are, 3 citizens were killed in bombardment by the regime’s warplanes on Kafr Oweid village in the southern countryside of Idlib, 3 citizens including a woman and her child girl were killed due to bombardment by Russian warplanes on Basqla village, 3 citizens including 2 children were killed due to bombardment by the regime’s warplanes on Abditta village, 2 citizens were killed due to targeting by Russian warplanes to Kafr Sajna town in the southern countryside of Idlib, and one citizen was killed due to Russian airstrikes that targeted Maarrat Hurmah town south of Idlib, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of more than 27 injuries, some of them have seriously wounded.

And in the same context, it rose to 100 the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on areas in Ihsim, Sfuhen, Kafr Owaid, Kafrsajna, al-Rakaya, Bsaqla, Kafruma, al-Ftirah, Horsh Basnqoul, Maarrat Al-Nu’man, Hish, Maarrat Mater, Kafr Nubl, Abditta, Kafr Shalaya and Kafr Oweid south of Idlib, also it rose to 68, the number of raids carried out by the Russian warplanes on Ihsim, Ma’aret Hurmah, Kafr Nubl, Matiyyah, outskirts of Kansafra, Kafrsajna, Al-Ftirah and Sheikh Mustafa in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, and al-Sermaniyyeh in Sahl al-Ghab and Kabani area in Jabal al-Akrad, while it rose to 24, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters on areas in Kafr Nubl, Ma’aret Hurmah, the vicinity of Kansafra, and al-Bara in the southern countryside of Idlib, it also rose to 700, the number of shells and missiles launched by the regime forces and the militiamen loyal to them on areas in Idlib countryside in the southern and southeastern countryside of Idlib, Latakia mountains, and areas in Aleppo countryside.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 3879, 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 26th of August 2019, and they are: 1004 civilians including 248 children and 177 citizen women, and they are 222 including 44 children and 43 women, and 8 of the civil defense and 5 of the ambulance team were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 79 including 16 women and 13 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 513 including 144 children, 85 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 110 people including 20 women and 21 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 80 citizens including 26 children and 14 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, Qamhana, Al-Rasif, Al-Aziziyah, Karnaz, Jurin, Al-Nairab Camp, neighborhoods in Aleppo city and its southern countryside, while at least 1550  fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1028 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1325 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 26th of August 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4407 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1289 civilians including 330 children under the age of eighteen and 241 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 106 people including 31 children under the age of eighteen and 18 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1636  fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1063 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1482 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 4637 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1372 civilians including 359 children and 255 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 107 people including 31 children and 16 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1703 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1165 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1562 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.