The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) informed that sounds of explosions are still can be heard since the dawn of Monday, at al-Bab city and its outskirts, as a result of renewed Turkish heavy shelling with artillery shells, rockets and bombs, warplanes, targeting areas in the city which is the largest strongholds of the ISIS in the countryside of Aleppo.

This bombardment is accompanied by continuing voilent clashes between Turkish forces and Islamic factions working in the shield of the Euphrates forces , and ISIS from the other side, on the outskirts of al-Bab city, in a new attempt of the first to advance toward the city center, and shelling exchanged between the two parties, leaving casualties in the two sides.

SOHR documented since the start of the Turkish offensive on the 7th of February 2016, the death of 113 persons, including 34 children under the age of eighteen and 23 citizen women, they were killed by shelling by the Turkish forces and raids carried out by Turkish warplanes on al-Bab city. 

This rise in the number of casualties since the start of attempts to control  al-Bab city, which is still mostly controlled by ISIS, have raised the number of persons who were killed to 433 civilians at least, including 93 children under the age of eighteen and 55 citizen woman over the age of eighteen in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo, they were civilians who were killed by the Turkish bombardment on al-Bab city and its countryside and on the towns of Bzaah and Tedef since the 13th of November 2016, the date of the arrival of “Euphrates Shield” to the outskirts of al-Bab city until today the 17th of February 2017. 

The casualties include 342 civilians, including 83 children under the age of eighteen and 51 citizen woman, they were killed in shelling by the Turkish forces and Turkish warplanes on areas in al-Bab city and other areas in the towns of Tedef and Bzaah and other places in the countryside of al-Bab, since the first defeat for the Turkish forces in the 21st of December 2016 at the hands of ISIS organization.

Clashes took place after midnight between regime forces and rebels around Jesrin town in the eastern Ghout amid shelling on the area leading to the death of a rebel, reports of losses in both sides. 1 rebel was killed by clashes against regime forces which continue in Hosh al_Dawahira in al-Merej area.

Regime forces targeted al-Qabon neighborhood amid continued bombardment for the 3rd day, as 21 missiles fired by regime forces targeted the area yesterday leading to the injury of 10 at least.

 
Regime forces bombarded areas of Hosh Hejo and Saan Aswad in the northern countryside of Homs, no reports of losses. Clashes continue in Tadmur Desert between IS and regime forces amid bombardment by the regime on the area.

Two militants were killed by clashes against regime forces in al-Menshia neighborhood, the clashes continue between rebels and Khalid bin al-Walid faction which is allied to IS in many fronts of the western countryside after an attack on the area by the IS allied faction which advanced in Taseil, Sahm al-Jolan, Adwan, and Tal al-Jomoa. 

In the triangle of Jordan-Jolan-Daraa, Clashes continue between the two sides amid advanced for Khalid bin al-Walid army in Jalin town, the clashes accompanied by mutual bombardment leading to human losses in both sides, as 20 militants from both sides were killed including 12 rebels during the clashes between the two sides in the 31st of January 2017.