Dozens of dead and waves of displacement caused by shelling and battles north of Syria

The clashes and bombardments carried out by the regime in several areas in northwestern Syria today killed at least 20 people, including five civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Two days ago, fierce clashes broke out between the forces of the regime on the one hand and the Liberation of Sham (Nasra) and other factions on the other, in the northern Hama countryside next to the province of Idlib and coincided with heavy raids, resulting in dozens of deaths from both sides.

The Observatory counted today the killing of 11 members of the editorial board of the Sham and other factions, in exchange for four of the regime's forces in the clashes and bombardments on several axes in the northern countryside of Hama, especially in the town of Kfarabouda and its surroundings.

The factions were able to regain control of most of the town after they were expelled from it on the eighth of this month.

Al-Jazeera correspondent also reported that eight civilians, mostly children and women, were killed as a result of heavy raids by the regime and Russia on towns in the countryside of Idlib.

Russian planes carried out raids targeting areas in the southern countryside of Idlib and Hama al-Shamali, particularly in the towns of Kafarbandeh and Habib, which coincided with Syrian air strikes and missile and missile strikes on the region.

It is noteworthy that the editor of the Sham controls the bulk of the province of Idlib, and spread with other Islamic factions in parts of the neighboring provinces. The area is subject to a Russian-Turkish agreement that provides for the establishment of a demilitarized zone separating the forces of the regime and the factions, whose implementation has not been completed.

The region has been relatively quiet since the deal was signed in September. Turkey has deployed several monitoring points to monitor the implementation of the agreement, but the forces of the regime have stepped up since February the pace of bombing before the Russian planes to join later.

Waves of displacement
The United Nations said more than 200,000 people have fled violence in the region since the end of April and are in urgent need of food and protection.

The Federation of Relief and Medical Care Organizations, which provides assistance to health facilities, said that the number of displaced this month has risen to more than 300,000.

Most of them were moving to areas along the border with Turkey, where camps were being set up at the border fence, he said.