Affected by injuries sustained in earlier regime bombardment | HTS member dies in Latakia countryside
A member of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham died of the wounds he sustained two days ago in regime artillery fire on Kabanah frontline in the northern countryside of Latakia, bringing the number of HTS members who were killed in this attack to two.
The “de-escalation zone” has recently experienced considerable escalation by regime forces and their proxy formations.
Since early 2024, SOHR has documented 328 operations in the “de-escalation zone,” including attacks by ground forces, infiltration operations, gunfire by snipers, bombardment, clashes and kamikaze drone attacks, which left 368 combatants and civilians dead. In addition, these operations left over 134 combatants, including a Turkish soldier, and 179 civilians, including seven women and 39 children, injured.
The fatalities can be distributed as follows:
- 39 civilians, including 15 children and four women.
- 230 members of regime forces, including 26 officers.
- 81 members of Hayyaat Tahrir Al-Sham.
- Five members of “Ansar Al-Islam” faction.
- Two members of “Jaysh Al-Nasr.”
- Two members of “Jaysh Al-Ahrar.”
- Three jihadists, including a jihadist of Turkish descent.
- A member of “Al-Hamzah” Division.
- Three members of “Al-Sham Corps.”
- One member of the “Public Resistance” which operates under the banner of “Al-Fath Al-Mubin” operations room.
- One member of the “Thowwar Al-Sham” Battalion which operates under the banner of “Al-Fath Al-Mubin” operations room.