Conflict

Russian Military in Syria

Incident Code

RS0696

Location

قبتان الجبل, Qabtan al Jabal, Aleppo, Syria

Geolocation

36.2642414, 36.9490814
Accuracy: Village

Airwars Assessment

Last Updated: July 23, 2025

(Previous Incident Codes: R608RS692)

One male civilian, named by the Violations Documentation Centre as 40-year-old Qasem Mahmoud Samoa, died in an alleged Russian airstrike on Qabtan al Jabal according to local sources.

Activists told the Shaam News Network there were “several air raids on the towns of Anadan, Kafr Hamra, Hraytan and Ma’arat al Arteek in the northern countryside and on the towns of Qabtan al Jabal and Dara Aza western countryside with the continuation of raids that resulted in the fall of one martyr and a number of wounded in Qabtan al Jabal” – though they did not say who carried out the attacks.

Likewise, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights published images showing destruction caused by “shelling by warplanes on Qebtan al-Jabal”, but did not clarify who the warplanes belonged to.

Other sources also named the victim and blamed Russia, with the Syrian Network for Human Rights publishing  a video in which an eye witness claims that Russia carried out three strikes on the village.

However, Qubtan Al Jabal media office reported that the regime was responsible. A witness in its video says this was a civilian area. Footage also shows a bike, and that its owner was killed in an airstrike. A number of other sources referred to the raids but didn’t identify the warplanes responsible.

 

Victims

Individuals

40 years old male killed

Key Information

Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
1
1 Man
Civilians reported injured
2

Geolocation Notes

Reports of the incident mention the village of Qabtan al Jabal (قبتان الجبل), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.2642414, 36.9490814. 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
Russia has published no known record of strikes in Syria from February 17th – February 29th.
Syrian Regime Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Syrian Regime
Syrian Regime position on incident
Not yet assessed

Media From Sources (6)