CENTRAL NEWS
A whole year has passed since the trilateral summit attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Russian president Vladimir Putin, and Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran in mid-February 2019.
In a report released by the SOHR all major developments on the ground and the systematic killing and displacement in the “de-escalation” zone, stretching from the north-eastern Latakia mountains to Aleppo north-western suburbs passing through both Hama and Idlib countryside were documented.
“With Russian ground and air support, regime forces have captured nearly 300 areas since late April 2019, the start date of the fiercest military escalation in the area,” the Observatory of human rights informed. “More than 220 areas have been captured in Idlib and Aleppo after the beginning of the recent military operation on the 24th of January 2020.”
The highlights, as detailed in further detail in the full report, are as follows:
- In Idlib, regime forces captured the following 102 villages and towns,
- Regime forces regained control of more than 118 areas in Aleppo,
- In November 2019, the Syrian regime took control of Al Mshairfeh, Al Zarzour and Umm Elkhalayel located in south-east Idlib,
- In August, regime forces recovered 16 towns and villages in the southern sector of the Idlib countryside,
- Between late April and early August, regime forces took control of 25 regions in and surrounding Bab,
- Use of internationally prohibited substances by regime forces in a ground bombardment,
- More than 40 hospitals and medical facilities were put out of service due to the intensive bombardment, mainly inflicted by Russia,
- Turkish Jandarma continue killing the Syrians who search for a safe haven on the border with Turkey, the “de-escalation” guarantor,
- Since late April 2019, nearly 2,000,000 civilians fleed Russian and regime brutality.
Over this year, 7,789 people have died in Putin-Erdogan areas. 1,964 civilians, including 521 children and 360 women were killed by Russian airstrikes and regime and factions’ rocket shelling. Of the total death toll, there were 145 civilian fatalities, including 39 children and 25 women, all killed by opposition factions’ shelling in regime-held areas.
2,052 jihadists among 3,008 opposition fighters were killed in bombardment and fierce clashes.
2,817 regime soldiers and loyalists were killed in the same period.
