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Airwars assessment
According to The Syrian Observatory, Russian warplanes allegedly bombed Orme al Joz killing up to four civilians. While the Observatory reported unspecified casualties, VDC named one adult male fatality.
The Syrian News Desk cited local media activist Khaled Al Idilbi as saying “that Russian warplanes targeted with two raids residential sites within the town of Orme al Joz west of Idlib, killing four civilians and wounding four others with moderate injuries, who were taken to field hospitals.” Al Idlibi also said the raids fully destroyed several houses, while damaging other shops and properties.
The incident occured in the morning.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Urum Al-Joz (أورم الجوز), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.79192, 36.56668. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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Original strike reports
Russia reports carrying out cruise missile strikes in Idlib governorate on November 17th 2015.