The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

For the second day in a row, regime’s helicopters drop barrel bombs on Kabani area north of Latakia

Activists of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored for the second day in a row the helicopters targeting Kabani area north of Latakia by barrel bombs, in conjunction with artillery shelling targeting Kabani area, al-Sirmaniyah area, and al-Mshik in the western countryside of Hama, and the towns of Kafrsajna Ma’aret Hurmah, al-Sheikh Mustafa, and al-Rakaya south of Idlib, and In the same context, the jihadi groups targeted by anti-armor missile a “wheel loader” of the regime forces that tried to advance and raise dirt barricades in Mdaya area in the southern countryside of Idlib, which destroyed it, and the Syrian Observatory monitored yesterday evening that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored the rotation of several helicopters affiliated to the regime forces, dropping barrel bombs on Kabana area north of Latakia, while the SOHR documented the death of a citizen affected by the injury he had in earlier aerial bombardment that targeted Saraqeb city east of Idlib, also activists of the SOHR monitored rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces tareting areas in the western and southern countryside of Aleppo, while the regime forces shelled the area of the Abandoned Battalion in the eastern countryside of Idlib by heavy artillery, thus, it rose to about 120, the number of rocket shells which targeted “Putin – Erdogan” area during this day, where they targeted the outskirts of Maarrat Al-Nu’man city, Al-Deir Al-Sharqi, Barsah village, Maarrat Al-Sin, Al-Naqir, Maarrat Hurmah, Rakaya, Sheikh Mustafa and Maar Zita in the southern countryside of Idlib, and the area of Kabana in the northern countryside of Latakia, in addition to targeting by Islamic and rebel factions by rocket shells to positions of the regime forces in the area of Madaya town in the southern countryside of Idlib.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 4155, 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 23rd  of September 2019, and they are: 1066 civilians including 264 children and 189 citizen women, and they are 228 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 88 including 19 women and 15 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 542 including 155 children, 91 women, and 5 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 127 people including 22 women and 23 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 81 citizens including 26 children and 15 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 1675 fighters were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s aerial and ground shelling including 1088 of the Jihadis, in addition to killing of 1414 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 23rd of September 2019, and Syrian Observatory documented the death of 4680 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 1349 civilians including 345 children under the age of eighteen and 253 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 107 people including 31 children under the age of eighteen and 19 citizen women over the age of eighteen, they were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1761 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1123 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 1570 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 4911 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 1432 civilians including 374 children and 267 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 108 people including 31 children and 20 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 1827 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 1225 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 1653 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.