Baladi News – Homs Countryside (Saleh Al Dahhiek)
After its heavy failure to retake the areas that it had lost in Homs northern countryside and Hama southern countryside, regime and Russian war planes committed two massacres against civilians in the last 72 hours. The death toll of these massacres reached 48 citizens, most of whom are women and children, in Al-Rastan and Al-houla.
The biggest massacre reportedly took place when the war planes targeted a refugee shelter in Al-rastan, causing the death of 13 civilians including children. Other attacks were conducted against villages in Al-houla district, including Kafr Laha, Tal Dahab, Burj Qa'I, Taldou and Kissin, which host refugees from the countryside of Hama, destroying a mosque and dispensary according to a citizen.