Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS0553

Location

دير الزور, Deir ez-Zor, Deir Ezzor, Syria

Geolocation

35.3353632, 40.1380348
Accuracy: City

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R482RS552)

Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently reported that a woman and her child were killed in an alleged Russian airstrike on Al Takaya street.

In a second report, it added: “The fires are still raging since this morning until now [9:25pm] in Al Takaya street after Russian planes targeted Al Khair Mall and Takiyat al Sheikh Weiss which was completely destroyed. There is one martyr and her child.”

A news roundup by the Shaam News Network reported that “Russian planes carried out raids on Sheikh Yassin neighbourhood, Al Hamidiya and the villages of Al Jneina, Al Baghiliya, Hatla, Mrat, Mazloum and Boukros in addition to Al Omar oil field causing the fall of several martyrs in Sheikh Yassin neighbourhood.”

Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies listed an unidentified woman and an unidentified child as killed in an alleged Russian strike.

 

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Fair
Civilians reported killed
2
1 Child, 1 Woman

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the city of Deir ez-Zor (دير الزور), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.3353632, 40.1380348. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.

Military Statements

Russian Military Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Russian Military
Russian Military position on incident
Not yet assessed
Russian Military Strike Report
From February 4th – February 11th, Russia reported: “In the course of the last week, February 4-11, aircraft of the Russian aviation group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 510 combat sorties engaging 1,888 terrorists’ objects in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Deir ez-Zor, Daraa, Homs, Hasakah and Raqqah.”