Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4624

Incident date

November 14, 2023

Location

أفس, residential neighbourhoods in Afes, Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

On the evening of Tuesday, November 14, 2023, an artillery strike with contested responsibility allegedly perpetrated by Syrian regime forces or the Russian military on residential neighbourhoods in the village of Afes in Idlib, Syria, injured a woman and a girl.

The names and further details about the civilians injured in the strike and the extent of their injuries were not provided by the sources available to Airwars.

While Watan and Hurrya Press attributed the strike to Syrian regime forces, Syria Live and Al Mohrar attributed the strike to Russian forces. Al Mohrar reported in a Facebook post that a Russian missile launcher in “the vicinity of the town of Afes” was the source of the artillery shelling, while Syria 14 reported in another Facebook post that Syrian regime forces carried out the shelling.

The incident occured in the evening.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (8) [ collapse]

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Russian Military Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Russian Military
  • Russian Military position on incident
    Not yet assessed

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    2
  • Cause of injury / death
    Heavy weapons and explosive munitions
  • Airwars civilian harm grading
    Contested
    Competing claims of responsibility e.g. multiple belligerents, or casualties also attributed to ground forces.
  • Suspected belligerents
    Syrian Regime, Russian Military

Sources (8) [ collapse]