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50 Syrians Killed in 3 Days of Attacks, Regime Ground Strikes on Aleppe Countryside, Opposition Groung Offensive on Latakia Countryside

June 17, 2019 

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The following news stories are just examples of the daily horrors of war in Syria. Readers can find more detailed daily news stories at the sources below as well as many other sources in the internet. 

 

Destruction of residential neighborhoods in Idlib, Syria, file, June 15, 2019 Destruction of residential neighborhoods in Idlib, Syria, file, June 15, 2019

 

The following are news stories from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) website (http://www.syriahr.com/en/):

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The regime forces carry out more than 300 ground strikes on the “de-escalation” zone in the shadow of the continued absence of warplanes of the regime and the Russian guarantor from the skies of the area

SOHR, 17/06/2019

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented rocket shelling by the regime forces on areas in Zammar and Hwair al-Eis villages in the southern countryside of Aleppo which resulted in the fall of 5 civilian injuries at least, raising to 300, the number of rocket shells carried out by the regime’s ground forces on areas in the villages and towns of Al-Arba’in, Jabal Shashabo, Al-Jabin, Al-Lataminah, Kafr Zita, Al-Zakah and Murak in the northern countryside of Hama, and Maraand and Bdama west of Jisr Al-Shugur, Sfuhen, Al-Ftirah, Khan Shaykhun, Maarrat Hurmah, Hazarin and Karsaa in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, Zammar and Hwair al-Eis in the southern countryside of Aleppo, and in the same context, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored that  the Islamic and jihadi factions have targeted Hama Military Airbase by Grad rockets, without information about casualties in the ranks of the regime forces, while the SOHR documented the death of at least 7 members of the regime forces as a result of the attack that the jihadi groups and rebel factions carried out on positions of the regime in the area of Ayn Al-Ashirah in Jabal Al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Latakia today afternoon, in addition to the killing of a member of the rebel factions in the frame of the same attack, while the warplanes of the regime and the Russian guarantor are still absent from the skies of the “de-escalation” zone.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1664, 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 16th of June 2019, and they are: 429 civilians including 103 children and 90 citizen women, and they are 52 including 16 children and 16 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 43 including 9 women and 5 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 246 including 49 women, 62 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 65 people including 10 women and 9 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 23 citizens including 10 children and 4 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 675 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 454 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 555 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

Rebel and jihadi factions carry out a “infiltration” operation against regime’s positions in Jabal al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Latakia, in conjunction with the continued absence of warplanes from the “de-escalation” area

SOHR, 17/06/2019

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that factions of the National Liberation Front as well as jihadi groups carried out a ground offensive behind sites of the regime forces, in Ain al-Ashirah in Jabal al-Turkman in the northern countryside of Latakia, which killed at least 4 members of the regime forces in addition to killing a member of the factions, and the Syrian Observatory monitored ground bombardment by more than 110 rocket shells carried out by the regime forces on areas of al-Arba’in, al-Jabin, al-Lataminah, Kafr Zita, al-Zakat, and Morek in the northern countryside of Hama, and Mar’aand west of Jisr al-Shughur city, in conjunction with the absence of regime’s warplanes and the Russian guarantor’s warplanes from the “Putin – Erdogan” area.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1661, 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 16th of June 2019, and they are: 429 civilians including 103 children and 90 citizen women, and they are 52 including 16 children and 16 women, another woman and two of her children, were killed in Russian aerial bombardment on the countryside of Idlib and Hama, and 43 including 9 women and 5 children were killed in the fall of barrel bombs, and 246 including 49 women, 62 children, and a member of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 65 people including 10 women and 9 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 23 citizens including 10 children and 4 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 672 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 454 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 552 members of the regime forces in targeting and shelling by jihadi groups and factions.

19 were killed on June 14, 2019, including 3 members of the regime forces and their loyal militias and 16 other people

7 martyrs joined yesterday the convoy of martyrs of the Syrian revolution

SOHR, 15/06/2019

In Idlib Province, 5 citizens were killed, they are 3 including a child and a woman were killed in bombing by regime’s warplanes on Hass village in the southern countryside of Idlib, a man was killed in rocket shelling by the regime forces on Jisr al-Shughur countryside, a man died affected by injuries he had in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on the countryside of Ma’aret Hurmah in the southern countryside of Idlib a few days ago.

In Aleppo Province, a man was killed in air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on a camp area for the displaced people near Talhedyeh town in the southern countryside of Aleppo.

In Daraa Province, a child was killed by a mine explosion in western al-Gharya town in the eastern countryside of Daraa.

9 of the jihadi groups were killed during aerial bombardment by Russian warplanes and regime’s warplanes on the “de-escalation” area.

While 3 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed in targeting and shelling by the factions on their positions in “Putin – Erdogan” area.

36 were killed yesterday including 7 members of the regime forces and militias loyal to them, and 29 other people

7 martyrs joined Thursday the convoy of martyrs of the Syrian revolution

SOHR, 14/06/2019

In Idlib Province 6 citizens were killed, and 4 citizens including a woman, who were killed in rocket shelling carried out by the regime forces on Thursday morning on Muqah village north of Khan Shaykhun in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, a child in bombardment by the regime’s warplanes on Josef in Jabal Al-Zawiya, a man in bombardment by the regime’s warplanes on Khan Al-Sobol and its vicinity south of Idlib.

In Hama Province, a citizen was killed in rocket shelling by the regime forces on Kafr Zita town north of Hama.

Also, a fighter of al-Nukhba Forces of the Syria Democratic Forces was killed in a raid by SDF and the Coalition on headquarters of a cell belong to the “Islamic State” Organization in Harat al-Badu area in al-Raqqah city.

And the Syrian Observatory learned that unidentified gunmen believed to be of the “Popular Resistance” assassinated one of the members of who joined the regime forces earlier, on Ajami Road in the western countryside of Daraa.

21 fighters were killed in the aerial bombardment by the Russian warplanes and regime’s warplanes on their sites in Idlib and Hama countryside, they are: 8 of the rebel and Islamic factions, and 13 of the Jihadis.

6 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them were killed in an ambush carried out by members of the “Islamic State” Organization in al-Sokhna Desert in the eastern countryside of Homs.

  Israeli strikes kill and wound more than 80 members of the regime forces and Iranians since mid-April,

the Syrian regime responds by killing about 400 Syrian civilians including more than 170 children and women through about 31000 air and ground strikes

SOHR, 12/06/2019

Since mid-April 2019, until Wednesday, the 12th of June 2019, the Israeli forces have carried out 7 attacks on sites and points of the regime forces, their loyal militias, the Iranian forces, and their loyal gunmen in several areas in Syria, which killed 31 of them, they are: 25 Iranians, the Syrian, and non-Syria militias loyal to them, 6 of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them, and more than 50 were injured, in addition to destroying ammunition depots, weapons, and machines, where the last targeting took place after midnight Tuesday-Wednesday against Tal al-Hara, which is considered the highest hill in the western countryside of Daraa and in the demolished Al-Quneitra in the southern countryside for Quneitra, where Tal al-Hara has air-defense radars and batteries, also the Israeli warplanes bombed on the 3rd of June 2019 the T4 Airbase east of Homs, in which there are warehouses and military bases belong to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, where at least 5 people including one soldier pf the regime forces were killed, also 10 at least were killed, they are 7 believed to be of non-Syrian nationalities were killed during strikes targeted the southwest of Damascus on the 2nd of June 2019, and 3 Syrians of the regime forces were killed in the Israeli strikes that targeted the Quneitra countryside at dawn on the same day.

In May last month of the year 2019, the Israeli forces targeted on the 27th of May a military vehicle of the regime’s air defense in Tal al-Shaar area in the mid-sector countryside of Al-Quneitra, killing an officer and a member, and injuring another member of the regime forces, and on the 18th of May, the Israeli strikes targeted the Brigade 90 located in al-Kom area in the northeastern countryside of Quneitra, in which forces of the Lebanese Hezbollah are positioned, and they targeted on the 17th of the same month al-Kiswah area southwest of Damascus in which there are warehouses for Iranians and the Lebanese Hezbollah and air defense bases, while at least 14 were killed of the Iranians and their loyal groups, they are 9 of Syrian and non-Syrian nationalities residing on the Syrian territory, while the other 5 include at least 3 Iranians, and all of them were killed in the Israeli bombardment that targeted the Accounting School in Masyaf city and the medium-range missiles development center in al-Zawi village and al-Tala’ee camp in Sheikh Ghadban village in Masyaf countryside in mid-April 2019.

The Syrian regime -in turn- did not stand by, where it gave its orders to the airbases and put its ground forces on alert; to begin with its warplanes and helicopters the process of responding to the Israeli shelling, but -as usual- the response was against the Syrian civilians, where since late April 2019 until the moment, it carried out about 6250 airstrikes through its warplanes and helicopters, in addition to more than 24600 ground strikes, which caused human massacres, where the Syrian Observatory has documented since the 20th of April 2019, until Wednesday the 12th of June 2019, the death of 399 civilians including 94 children and 77 women, they were killed in the air raids, the fall of barrel bombs, shells, and missiles targeting the countryside of Aleppo, Hama, Idlib, and Latakia.

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