Ceasefire violations | Regime soldier killed by HTS on Kabanah frontline in northern Latakia

SOHR sources have reported that a regime soldier of the 45^th Regiment (Special Forces) was killed in bombardment by Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham on Kabanah frontline in the northern countryside of Latakia in “Putin-Erdogan” area. The killed soldier was from Ras Al-Maarrah village in western Qalamoun in Rif Dimashq province.

 

Since early 2023, SOHR has documented 133 operations in the “de-escalation zone,” including attacks, gunfire by snipers and bombardment, which left 217 combatants and civilians dead. In addition, these operations left over 116 combatants and 38 civilians, including three women and other children, injured.

 

The fatalities can be distributed as follows:

 

·      Nine civilians were killed by regime forces, including a woman and a child.

 

·      158 members of regime forces, including nine officers.

 

·      An Afghan militiaman of “Liwaa Fatemiyoun.”

 

·      A member of the Syrian Hezbollah.

 

·      41 members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham, including a French jihadist.

 

·      Two members of the jihadist faction of “Ansar Al-Tawheed.

 

·      One member of “Ahrar Al-Sham” movement.

 

·      One member of “Al-Sham Corps.”

 

·      One member of “Hurras Al-Din” organisation.

 

·      The Commander-in-chief of Russian Special Tasks Forces.

 

·      A militiaman of the Iranian-backed “Liwaa Al-Baqer.”