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Field Development-EN-28092020 FIELD DEVELOPMENTS SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC NORTH EAST AND NORTH WEST SYRIA ٢٠٢٠ Octobet ٥ -September ٢٩ Violations committed by ٩٠٤ the Regime and its Russian ally of the ceasefire truce ٢٠٢٠ October ٥ March Control Parties ٥ After the Turkish and Russian Presidents reached the ceasefire truce agreement in Idleb Governorate on the warplanes of the regime and its Russian ally didn’t bomb North Western Syria ever since; yet the regime ;٢٠٢٠ Russian ;٢٠٢٠ June ٢ continued targeting the cities and towns there with heavy artillery and rocket launchers; on warplanes have again bombed northwestern Syria, along with the regime which continued targeting NW Syria with heavy artillery and rocket launchers. Through its network of enumerators, the Assistance Coordination Unit ACU .violations of the truce committed by the regime and its Russian ally as of the date of this report ٩٠٤ documented There has been no change in the control map over the past week; No Turkish-Russian joint military patrols were where the Turkish forces conducted a military patrol alone ,٥, ٢٠٢٠ and October ٢٩ carried out between September starting from the town of Tromba, east of Idleb ,١, ٢٠٢٠ highway on October for the second time on the M٤ governorate, to the administrative border of Latakia governorate; the absence of the Russian troops from the joint Regime patrol was noted. Opposition group The enumerators of the Information Management Unit (IMU) of the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) documented Opposition group affiliated by Turkey (violations of the truce in Idleb governorate and adjacent Syrian democratic forces (SDF ٥١ m;٢٠٢٠ October ٥ -September ٢٩ in the period between countrysides of Aleppo; Lattakia and Hama governorates. Clash areas- Clash lines a car bomb exploded ٣, ٢٠٢٠ civilians. Similarly, on October ٢ in the northern countryside of Aleppo; a car bomb explosion exploded in Afrin city, wounding ١, ٢٠٢٠ On October a car bomb exploded ,٥, ٢٠٢٠ were seriously wounded. On October ٦ policemen were killed and ٢ ,near the Free Police checkpoint at the entrance to Al Bab Al Gharbi; as a result members of the Free Police. In a separate context, a child drowned in Deir Ballut river, and the Free Civil Defense teams were able to ٤ in Mazot Street in Afrin city, wounding recover the body of the child. Truce Violations Areas Governorate Community Type of violation The following figure Idleb Kansafra Artillery shelling Violations committed by regime Idleb Bara Artillery shelling reflects the timeline Idleb Ruwaiha Artillery shelling of the regime’s of the ceasefire truce ٢٠٢٠ October ٥ -September ٢٨ Idleb Ftireh Artillery shelling violations of the in the period between Lattakia Kabani Artillery shelling truce throughout Hama Qalidin Artillery shelling the past week; the ١٠ Idleb Teftnaz An infiltration attempt & Artillery shelling number represents ٩ ٩ Hama Ziyara Artillery shelling the number of cities ٨ North West Syria Hama Tal Wassit Artillery shelling Idleb Balyun Artillery shelling and towns shelled ٦ ٦ Idleb Afs Artillery shelling by the regime. In the Idleb Tal Karatine Artillery shelling central area of Idleb Idleb Kafr Oweid Artillery shelling governorate, the ٣ Idleb Sfuhen Artillery shelling opposition forces Aleppo Tqad Artillery shelling were able to repel Idleb Banin An infiltration attempt & Artillery shelling ٥ ٤ ٣ ٢ ١ ٣٠ ٢٩ Idleb Fleifel Artillery shelling an infiltration Hama Mansura Artillery shelling attempt by the Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Hama Qalidin Artillery shelling regime forces east Hama Qastun Artillery shelling of Teftnaz city, and Hama Alqahera Artillery shelling the regime forces Hama Al Zaqoum Artillery shelling Prominent Incidents Violate truce- shelling shelled the clashes Hama Kherbet Elnaqus Artillery shelling Incidents sites with heavy Governorate Community Incidents Aleppo Daret Azza Artillery shelling Lattakia Zaytunah Artillery shelling artillery. Aleppo Afrin An IED went off causing several injuries Hama Dweir Elakrad Artillery shelling Aleppo Afrin A child died due to drowning in Deir Ballut river Prominent Incidents In Hole camp in Al Hasakeh governorate, an Iraqi refugee Northern East Syria Governorate Community Incidents child died as a result of the lack of health care. In a IDPs to leave the camp ٢٠٠ Deir-ez-Zor Jdid Ekeidat The International Coalition carried out an air drop separate context, SDF allowed Deir-ez-Zor Darnaj SDF members shot a civilian after more than three years of detention. SDF declared that it will work on issuing a general amnesty to all detainees Deir-ez-Zor Sweidan Jazira Unidentified assailants shot and killed a civilian in its prisons, and will also empty Hole camp of all Syrian Deir-ez-Zor Shiheil SDF carried an arrest campaign detainees, yet it will keep all detainees of non-Syrian Deir-ez-Zor Jazaret Elbuhmeid An inter-clan fighting resulted in several casualties nationalities; SDF will take this step due to the large financial burden those being held and the detainees place on SDF. In the northern countryside of Al Hasakeh, The International Coalition forces carried out an air drop in the town of Um Ghorbeh in the countryside of Markada sub-district. The so-called SDF forces announced that it had arrested an ISIS cell. Moreover, The International Coalition forces carried out another air drop in the town of Al Mashhadani, in Markada sub-district, where they arrested trucks loaded with military and logistical ٤٠ one person and killed another and took his body. The International Coalition sent equipment from Iraq to Syria through Al Walid crossing. The American forces intercepted a Russian patrol near the town of Rmailan and prevented it from moving forward. Unidentified individuals blew up the gas pipeline between the Al Thaljah gas station and the gas factory, southeast of Shaddada city. The explosion resulted in huge fires without casualties. In the eastern countryside of Deir Ez Zor, The International Coalition forces carried out an air drop, in cooperation with SDF, in the town of Jdid Ekeidat. During the operation, SDF ,bullets in the back leaving him in a critical condition. Additionally ٣ oil merchants from the area. SDF members shot a young man in Darnaj town by ٢ person and arrested ١ killed a young man was killed in the town of Swaydan Jazira as a result of being shot by unknown gunmen. SDF has implemented a campaign of arrests in Al Shabaka neighborhood ٧year-old child- others from the two conflicting clans. In addition, a ٢ civilians and wounding ٣ in Shiheil city. A clan fighting took place in the town of Jazaret Elbuhmeid, killing was wounded due to being shot at while he was herding his sheep near the site of the clashes which took place as a result of an old dispute over the ownership of an agricultural land. FIELD DEVELOPMENTS WWW.ACU-SY.ORG [email protected] IN SYRIA ISSUED BY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT UNIT.
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