FIELD DEVELOPMENTS SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC NORTH EAST AND NORTH WEST ٢٠٢٠ July ١٩-١٣

Violations committed by ٣٧٩ the Regime and its Russian ally of the ceasefire truce

٢٠٢٠ July ١٩ 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 ٣٧٩ documented

There has been no change in the control map of Syria over the past week. In the central area of Idleb province, the civilians. In the ٣ regime forces shelled the town of Bara with heavy artillery and rocket launchers, injuring airstrikes carried out by a drone targeted Watad petroleum Company (the oil ٣ ,northern countryside of Idleb company of the Salvation Government) in the vicinity of the town of . In northern Hama countryside, the woman. In northern ١ civilian and injuring ١ regime forces targeted with heavy artillery Tal Wassit town killing Regime ١١ child and injuring ١ Aleppo countryside, Russian warplane targeted Al Bab city with several airstrikes killing others. Opposition group Opposition group affiliated by Turkey The enumerators of the Information Management Unit (IMU) of the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) Syrian democratic forces (SDF) violations of the truce in Idleb governorate and adjacent ٥٠ m;٢٠٢٠ July ١٩-١٣ documented in the period between countrysides of Aleppo; Lattakia and Hama governorates. Clash areas- Clash lines In north western Aleppo, the administration of Deir Bllut (Atma-Deir Ballut) and (Ghazawyia Afrin- Daret Azza) border crossings announced closing the two border crossings as part of the un north western Syria, in that, the border crossings will be closed for the civilians and trade, yet remain open for the opposition units to -measures taken to limit the spread of Covid١٩ facilitate accessing their military points. In a separate context, Watad petroleum company declared a new fuel price (imported gasoline- imported diesel-Diesel refined using primitive and the price of diesel refined using primitive ٣٫٧٥ tl, whereas the price of imported diesel is ٣٫٨٥ tl, the price of imported gasoline is ٥٧ methods- gas cylinder). The price of one gas cylinder is tl. The company attributes the increase of imported fuel prices due to the increase of the world oil prices. Furthermore, Watad company has already set the prices in Turkish ٣. ٢٠ methods is Lira due to its stability and instability of the Syrian currency in addition to the Turkish currency entry to the liberated northern Syria.

Truce Violations Areas The following figure reflects the timeline of the regime’s violations of Violations committed by regime GovernorateCommunity Type of violation the truce throughout the past week; of the ceasefire truce Idleb Ein Laruz Artillery shelling the number represents the number ٢٠٢٠ July ١٩-١٣ North West Syria Idleb Artillery shelling of cities and towns shelled by the in the period between ١٠ Idleb Artillery and rocket launchers shelling regime. A bomb of previous regime ٨ ٨ Idleb Artillery and rocket launchers shelling shelling exploded near the town of children. A car ٣ Nayrab city, injuring ٧ Idleb Deir Sunbul Artillery shelling ٦ ٦ bomb exploded in the town of A’zaz ٥ civilians ٩ Idleb Ruwaiha Artillery shelling at Sajo roundabout, killing others, including ٧٠ Idleb Artillery shelling and injuring Idleb Qoqfin Artillery shelling women and children. A car bomb Hama Alqahera Artillery shelling exploded in the town of Afrin on ١٩ July ١٨ July ١٧ July ١٦ July ١٥ July ١٤ July ١٣ civilian and July ١ Hama Qalidin Artillery shelling Jandairis road, killing ٤ others, including ٩ Idleb Bara Artillery and rocket launchers shelling wounding children; furthermore, a mine Idleb Artillery shelling exploded in the city of Afrin, injuring .civilian ١ Idleb Al-Halubi Artillery shelling Aleppo Al Bab Russian air strike Prominent Incidents Idleb Artillery shelling Governorate Community Incidents A tent fire results in the death of ١ Idleb Maaret Elnaasan Artillery shelling Idleb Dana IDP ٣ Idleb Afs Artillery shelling Aleppo Afrin civilians drowned including a child An oil refinery exploded, injuring ٥ Lattakia Kabani Artillery shelling Aleppo Tarhin civilians Idleb Banin Artillery shelling Community Idleb IDP tents burning Hama Ziyara Artillery shelling ١ Violate truce- shelling Aleppo Kafr Kalbein civilian was killed by unidentified men riding a motorcycle Idleb Sarmada A drone targets Watad petroleum company A bomb of the regime remains exploded and injured ٣ Incidents Idleb Nayrab children Idleb Artillery shelling A car bomb kills ١ civilian, and injures ١ Idleb San Artillery shelling Aleppo Afrin woman A car bomb kills ٧ civilians, and injures ٧٠ Hama Tal Wassit Artillery shelling Aleppo Azaz others

Prominent Incidents North East Syria Governorate Community Incidents Al-Hasakeh Safya SDF controls the telecommunications building which has been under the control of the regime Al-Hasakeh Al-Hasakeh Regime forces regain control of the grain center two weeks after SDF took control over it Al-Hasakeh Al-Malikeyyeh U.S. forces intercepted a Russian military patrol Al-Hasakeh Darbasiyah Unidentified aircraft bombed a joint military post between Russian forces and SDF SDF, with the support of the International Coalition, arrests ٤ Deir-ez-Zor Basira civilians Deir-ez-Zor Shiheil SDF, with the support of the International Coalition, arrests civilians from a camp for IDPs SDF, with the support of the International Coalition, arrests ٥ Deir-ez-Zor Sabha civilians Deir-ez-Zor Shiheil SDF takes control of a mosque and converts it into a military barrack

There was great resentment among the people of the eastern provinces which are under the control of the so-called SDF, after the latter included wrong historical and geographical information in the new curriculum, as well as information that is not commensurate with the culture and traditions of the people in the region; teachers in Deir-ez-Zor held a meeting rejecting the new curriculum and issued a statement of condemnation. It is worth mentioning that the majority of the schools in the eastern Euphrates area were using the accelerated curriculum of UNICEF. The distribution of the new curriculum coincided with SDF announcement of the second phase of a campaign launched to fight terrorism and pursue ISIS sleeper cells; SDF, with the support of the civilians; additionally, it imposed a one-day long curfew and carried out a detaining campaign in the IDP ٤ International Coalition, carried out a detaining campaign in Basira city that resulted in arresting civilians. SDF also established military checkpoints within the town. Local sources confirmed that the campaign is ٥ camps of Shiheil town (Hawi Shiheil) and in Sabha town through which it arrested merely a pretext for getting revenge on the residents of the area who rejected the distribution of SDF new curriculum; SDF arrested several civilians and released photos of them with the weapons they and they need (٢٠١١ possess; all of the weapons are light individual weapons; the residents of the area confirm that they purchased these weapons even before the outbreak of the events in Syria (before them to protect their farms and herds of sheep; moreover, the need for the weapons increased due to the absence of security during SDF control over the area. During the military campaign SDF took control over Al Rashrash mosque in the town of Shiheil and turned it into a military barrack; SDF imposed a suffocating siege on the city of Basira, the towns of Shiheil, Breiha and Zir the thing which resulted in the loss of drinking water, bread, medicine, infant formula, in addition to the inability of the civilians to access the markets due to the curfew imposed by SDF. FIELD DEVELOPMENTS WWW.ACU-SY.ORG [email protected] IN SYRIA ISSUED BY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT UNIT