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34 Syrians Killed Mainly in Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama, Crackdown Continues in Dair Ez-Zoar

June 23, 2019 

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A Syrian Army check point in Dar'a, file, June 23, 2019	A view of a destroyed Khan Shaykhoon neighborhood, Idlib, Syria, file, June 23, 2019

 

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

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18 were killed on June 22, 2019, including 3 of the regime forces and militias loyal to them and 15 other people

10 martyrs joined yesterday the convoy of martyrs of the Syrian revolution.

SOHR, 23/06/2019

In Idlib province, 10 citizens were killed they are: a woman and 4 of her children who were killed in a massacre carried out the regime’s warplanes after their bombardment on Saraqeb city east of Idlib, 2 brothers children were killed in air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on the outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man city in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, a citizen was killed in bombing by regime’s warplanes on Kansafra town in Jabal al-Zawiyah, a citizen was killed in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Khan al-Sobol town south of Idlib, and a child was killed in aerial bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Maar Zita.

5 fighters (3 jihadists and 2 members of the rebel factions) were killed due to Russian airstrikes that targeted positions of them in the north-western countryside of Hama

While the SOHR documented the death of 3 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who were killed in targeting and clashes against the factions and jihadi groups in the areas of Tal Meleh and al-Jabin at the northwestern countryside of Hama.

16 were killed on June 21, 2019 including 5 of the regime forces and militias loyal to them and 11 other people

6 martyrs joined yesterday the convoy of martyrs of the Syrian revolution.

SOHR, 22/06/2019

In Aleppo Province, 4 citizens including at least one child were killed in air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on the 2nd Mohandesin area in the western countryside of Aleppo.

In Hama province, a citizen woman died affected by injuries she had in missile shelling by the regime forces on Kafr Zita town north of Hama 2 days ago, and a citizen of Halfaya town died affected by injuries he had days ago in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Kafrsajna village south of Idlib.

A member of the “free police” died affected by injuries he had in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Hass village a few days ago.

2 Fighters of the factions were killed in air raids by the Russian guarantor’s warplanes on al-Zaqqum village in Sahl al-Ghab.

The Observatory documented the death of 5 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them who were killed on Thursday in targeting and clashes against the jihadi factions and groups in the areas of Tal Meleh and al-Jabin at the northwestern countryside of Hama.

Also a jihadi fighter of the was killed by gunfire of unknown gunmen on the road of Salqeen – Harim northwest of Idlib.

The Syrian Observatory documented the death of a security personnel of cells of the “Islamic State” Organization, in the joint operation carried out by the SDF and the International Coalition in al-Shuhayl town on Thursday.

More than 40 civilians were killed and injured by bombing by regime’s warplanes on several areas at Idlib countryside since the 54th morning of the heaviest escalation

SOHR, 22/06/2019

It rose to 5 at least, the number of people who were killed in bombing by regime’s warplanes on “Putin – Erdogan” area on Saturday, they are 2 brothers children were killed in air raids carried out by regime’s warplanes on the outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man city in the southern sector of Idlib countryside, a citizen was killed in bombing by regime’s warplanes on Kansafra town in Jabal al-Zawiyah, a citizen was killed in bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Khan al-Sobol town south of Idlib, and a child was killed in aerial bombardment by regime’s warplanes on Maar Zita, and the death toll is expected to rise because there are some people in critical situation.

While it rose to 61, the number of raids carried out by regime’s warplanes since Saturday morning targeting places in Khan al-Sobol, Kafrsajna, outskirts of Maarrat al-Nu’man, Mdaya, Tal al-Nar, Balyoun, al-Naqir, Ihsim, and Kansafra in the southern countryside of Idlib, and al-Qasimiyah and its vicinity in the western countryside of Aleppo, while it rose to 22 at least, the number of raids carried out by Russian guarantor’s warplanes since morning on al-Lataminah north of Hama, Tal Meleh and al-Jabin northwest of Hama, also it rose to 12, the number of barrel bombs dropped by helicopters today on al-Jabin northwest of Hama, Ma’aret Hurmah, and Tal al-Nar, and the vicinity of Kafrsajna.

And with the fall of more casualties, it rose to at least 1891, 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 22nd of June 2019, and they are: 502 civilians including 124 children and 100 citizen women, and they are 53 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 302 including 78 women, 56 children, and 4 members of the rescue teams were killed in targeting by regime’s warplanes, also 68 people including 11 women and 9 children were killed in a ground shelling carried out by the regime forces, and 36 citizens including 15 children and 8 women were killed in shelling by the factions on al-Suqaylabiyah, while at least 778 of the jihadi groups were killed in the Russian airstrikes and the regime’s shelling including 502 of the Jihadis, in addition to the killing of 611 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 22nd of June 2019, the Syrian Observatory documented the death of 2419 people in the Russian – Turkish truce areas, they are 789 civilians including 210 children under the age of eighteen and 164 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 64 people including 21 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 864 fighters were killed in different conditions within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 547 fighters of the “Jihadis” and 766 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 2649 people in areas of Erdogan – Putin agreement, they are: 870 civilians including 238 children and 176 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 66 people including 21 children and 12 women, were killed in the fall of shells launched by the factions, and 931 fighters were killed in deferent circumstances within the demilitarized area since Putin – Erdogan agreement, including 561 of the “Jihadi” fighters, and 848 members of the regime forces and militiamen loyal to them.

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The Syrian regime’s Intelligence continues to clamp down on the locals of Deir Ezzor through a new arrest that targeted 2 people from Al-Mayadin city

SOHR, 23/06/2019

Deir Ezzor Province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the checkpoint of the military security affiliated to the regime forces at the entrance of Deir Ezzor city, arrested 2 citizens of the people of Al-Mayadin city including an elderly man, and the reasons for arresting them are still unknown, and the Syrian Observatory published on Saturday, that a tension prevails in al-Mayadin city against the background of differences between the loyal NDF militia, and in the details obtained by the Syrian Observatory from several reliable sources: the tension was caused by differences between the former commander of the national defense and their current leader, where the loyalty of the members is divided between both parties, the sources added that the former commander of the national defense still gives his orders to the members who are loyal to him, which angered the current commander after which disagreement took place between them on Friday, and they exchanged insults and threats.

It is worth mentioning that the former commander of the National Defense was dismissed against the backdrop of his firing an RPG shell on a checkpoint of the Republican Guard last year on the road of Deir Ezzor – al-Mayadin; because the checkpoint intercepted a patrol of the NDF at the time, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published on the 16th of June 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the regime forces and their loyal militias carried out raids on Sunday in al-Mahareem area and 16th Street in al-Mayadin city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, searching for detainees who managed to escape on Saturday from a prison of the NDF militia in al-Mayadin, but no information about arrests until the moment, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 14th of June 2019 that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned from reliable sources that residents of the Boqruss Tahtani village which is controlled by the regime forces and their loyal militias in Deir Ezzor countryside, tried on Friday to prevent members of the NDF militia in the village from stealing houses through forming a human wall, but the members opened fire in the air and threatened citizens to shoot them directly if they do not go, which pushed the residents to leave the area then the NDF members continued their robbery and looting of homes>

The Syrian Observatory published on the 10th of June 2019 that the regime forces and their loyal gunmen are bringing construction workers to break down rubble of civilian homes in al-Mayadin city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, after the regime destroyed them through the aerial and ground bombardment, where these workers are extracting iron from the rubble and moving it to Deir Ezzor city to sell it there, and the Syrian Observatory published on the 1st of April 2019 that as the Iranians spread, control, and expand in a vast scattered areas on the Syrian territory, the Iranian militias work to attract more to their ranks and go deeper into the Syrian street within the areas they control, and the Syrian Observatory learned that a ceremony organized by the so-called “Iranian Cultural Center ” in al-Mayadin city in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside, on the occasion of mother and teacher’s day, the ceremony took place with the presence of the leader of the Iranian militia in al-Mayadin; accompanied by figures of the Baath party and of the clans of the area, the ceremony took place at the Baath Party headquarters in al-Mayadin, where the Iranian flags and al-Khamenei pictures were raised in addition to pictures of Bashar al-Assad, while this event received a popular discontent in al-Mayadin.

The Syrian Observatory published on the 25th of March 2019 that the conflict on the Syrian territory continues between the Russians and their followers and loyalists; and between Iran and its loyal military militias on the same ground, in an effort by each side to expand its popular base and build a larger one, and this quest results in a clash between the forces of evil to produce a new evil that aims to spread chaos in order by each party to prove its worthiness in eliminating of this evil which was fabricated by them, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitored checkpoints of militias loyal to Iran and the regime in the vicinity of Putin – Erdogan demilitarized area; being replaced by members of the forces of the 5th Corps which is loyal to Russia and supported by it, after the demise of the Organization and its end in Baghuz area and east of Euphrates as a dominant military force, but still, the escape operations from the large enclave of the Organization in the Syrian desert continue, where this is the last geographical location for ISIS in the Syrian Desert northeast of Palmyra, and extends within the administrative borders of Deir Ezzor Province, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the escape of members of the Organization out of this enclave, through sabotage operations Organized by members of the militias loyal to Iranian and the regime to deliver them to the frontiers of Idlib province, and to areas controlled by Hayyaat Tahrir al-Sham and the factions, in exchange of $1500 USD per person.

Tens of persons were smuggled and reliable sources confirmed that the smuggling was carried out through transferring members and their families aboard military vehicles and in various ways, to the crossings and to areas of contact with the areas that are not controlled by the regime forces in Idlib, and the Syrian Observatory monitored during the last 3 weeks that the Irani – Russian conflict is not only a struggle for influence, it is a financial struggle as well, a struggle for looting, a struggle for the pockets of Syrians and their money, and a struggle to satisfy the greed of them both, where the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has obtained information confirmed by credible sources that this conflict between both parties -who are allies of the Syrian regime- turned to a conflict over the checkpoints, power, and inspection points in the Syrian desert, and in the area stretching from Homs to the western bank of Euphrates River, where the Syrian Observatory monitored the presence of about 40 checkpoint of pro-Iranian militias and pro-Russian militias, from the outskirts of Homs city to al-Bokamal city in the eastern sector of Deir Ezzor countryside on the west bank of Euphrates River, where these checkpoints compete and fight over inspection points which generate huge daily profits, and the reliable sources of the Syrian Observatory confirmed that the imposed royalties on them reached about 100 million Syrian pounds on a batch of tankers loaded with oil and its derivatives, where these tanks in particular are not allowed to pass without paying royalties.

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