Civilian Casualties

Civilian Casualties

Incident Code

R4648

Incident date

December 28, 2023

Location

كنصفرة, Kansafra, south of Idlib, Idlib, Syria

Airwars assessment

A woman was injured by an artillery attack with contested responsibility reportedly perpetrated by the Syrian regime forces and/or the Russian military and/or the Iranian military on December 28th, 2023, in the village of Kansafra located south of Idlib, Syria.

Twitter/X user @mzmgr941 reported at 10:15 AM the intense missile bombardment allegedly carried out by the Russian and Iranian military in the settlements of Kansafra, Flefel, Fatira, and Maarat Al-Naasan in the countryside of Idlib. However, the injury of a woman was first reported at 7:35 PM by Twitter/X user @TkrytyMr21896.

The Syrian Press Agency posted a picture of the Kansafra village area without further details regarding the victim and the seriousness of her injuries.

Twitter/X user @almoktar013 reported that a joint operation of Syrian and Russian airplanes bombarded with more than 25 airstrikes in the area.

Most of the sources, including SOHR, Syrian Press Agency, and Al-Muharrer Media Network held the Syrian regime forces responsible for the attack while others, including Twitter/X user @mzmgr941, claimed the Russian military and/or the Iranian military were the perpetrators.

The local time of the incident is unknown.

Summary

  • Strike status
    Contested strike
  • Strike type
    Artillery
  • Civilian harm reported
    Yes
  • Civilians reported killed
    Unknown
  • Civilians reported injured
    1
  • 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
    Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (10) [ collapse]

Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]

  • Source: Syrian Press Agency

Russian Military Assessment:

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

Iranian Military Assessment:

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

Syrian Regime Assessment:

  • Suspected belligerent
    Syrian Regime
  • Syrian Regime 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
    1
  • 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
    Russian Military, Iranian Military, Syrian Regime

Sources (10) [ collapse]