(Previous Incident Code: R672 )

Shortly before 8:23 AM on Saturday, 27 April 2024 a young man, identified as Abdullah Rammah, was seriously injured while working on his land, as a result of an alleged artillery attack by the Syrian regime and /or the Iranian military and/or the Russian military on the eastern outskirts of the city of Atareb, west of Aleppo, Syria. Most sources mentioned that several civilians were injured, but there was no information on the identities of other victims.

Facebook user “Editor moment by moment” shared a video on April 27th of a rural location where the sound of an explosion is audible and the smoke seemingly resulting from an explosion is visible. The same user also shared a picture showing several brown clouds of smoke and dirt, seemingly resulting from various explosions.

At 8:23 AM Twitter/X user @Ahmad_1alshble shared on the platform pictures showing clouds of smoke in a rural area. The pictures were accompanied by the following: “Several civilian casualties occurred as a result of missile and artillery shelling by Assad and Hezbollah gangs on the city of Atarib in the western countryside of Aleppo.”

Sources were conflicted about the responsibility of the attack. Twitter/X user @NN123paljeru as well as Facebook users Muhammad Al-Adlabi, Al-Shahba News, Editor moment by moment reported the Iranian military as responsible for the attack. Facebook users Saroti Halabi, Editor moment by moment reported both the Iranian and the Russian military as responsible. All the other sources, where they identified the belligerent, referred to the Syrian regime forces as responsible for the attack.

Moreover, “Editor moment by moment” identified the nature of the attack also as a drone strike. Notably “5 suicide planes of #Iranian militias target the #Al-Qasr and #Mediation axis, east of the city of #Atareb, west of #Aleppo, and there are no reports of casualties so far.”