The warplanes don’t almost stop flying over Hama and Idlib

The warplanes don’t almost stop flying over Hama and Idlib, for the 3rd consecutive day, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights observed carrying out hundreds of raids which targeted areas in the northern, the north-eastern and the north-western countryside of Hama, and the southern countryside of Idlib.

Sources documented the increase of the number of the raids carried out by the Russian as well as the regime’s warplanes and helicopters, to 471 raids at least which have targeted since the dawn of the 19th September 2017, until today.

These intensive raids which targeted about 40 cities, towns and villages, were accompanied by shelling by hundreds of mortar, tanks and artillery shells as well as missiles believed to be land-to-land, fired by the regime forces on the areas mentioned above, which caused the fall of a large number of casualties, in which the number of casualties whose death was documented by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights during the past 48 hours of bombing, has increased to 22 casualties at least they are 9 casualties.

A violent explosion was heard in Balshun in Jabal Al-Zawiya caused by the explosion of an arsenal in the area where 4 fighters of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Shamwere killed, while the reasons of the explosion are still unknown. Several shells fell on areas in Beit Nayim town and Harasta city, in the Eastern Ghouta, fired by the regime forces, and no information about casualties was reported, while the regime forces shelled by mortar shells, areas in Beit Jinn town in the south-west of Rif Dimashq, accompanied by opening fire of the regime’s heavy machineguns on areas in the town.

Violent clashes are taking place between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and the “Islamic State” organization on the other, in the area of Jib Al-Jarah and Al-Masudiyah in the eastern countryside of Homs, within Jib Al-Jarah – Shomariyyeh – Sha’ir Triangle, and the clashes were accompanied by exchange of clashes between the both parties, in an attempt by the regime forces to achieve more advancement in the area after they managed on Wednesday and Tuesday to achieve advancement in the area, where they took the control of 6 villages and areas as well as heights in the eastern countryside of Hama and Homs.

In the same context, Russian and Syrian warplanes continue their targeting for the 3rd consecutive day to areas in the northern and the north-eastern countryside of Hama, and areas in the southern countryside of Idlib, where the warplanes bombed after the midnight of Wednesday – Thursday, areas in Khan Shaykhun city and Kafr Nubl and Al-Hbit toens and Sahyan village in the southern countryside of Idlib, and other areas in Kafr Zita and Kafr Nabudah towns in the northern countryside of Hama.

However, warplanes carried out this dawn 4 raids at least on areas in Maarrat Al-Nu’man city and its southern outskirts and Al-Taman’aa town, in the southern countryside of Idlib, without causing casualties till now, and warplanes also bombed this morning areas in Khirbat al-Naqus and Al-Ziyarah villages in Sahl Al-Ghab, in the north-western countryside of Hama.

A leader of Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham who was the mine official was killed as well as another fighter of the movement by an explosion of a land mine during disassembling it in the outskirts of Maarrat Al-Nu’man in the southern section of Idlib countryside. the “Islamic State” organization targeted by mortar shells, areas in Al-Jorah and Al-Qosur neighborhoods which are controlled by the regime forces in Deir Ezzor city, where 3 persons were killed as a result of it in addition to the injury of others.

Areas in Tranjah and Jubata al-Khashab villages were shelled after the midnight of Wednesday – Thursday, by the regime forces, without information about injuries, while clashes took place after the midnight of Wednesday – Thursday, between the regime forces and gunmen loyal to them on one hand, and the rebel and Islamic factions on the other, in the eastern area of Hodr city in the northern section of Al-Quneitra countryside and no information about casualties was reported