Geolocation
Airwars assessment
On July 5th 2016, alleged shelling by either Russian and/or Syrian regime warplanes, killed up to four civilians.
According to Step News and Al Jazeera there were no reported casualties, however Janoubia News reported one female casualty, and Halab Today named one male civilian casualty – yet the age is not specified. Further to this, there were no specific records of the numbers wounded.
Sources such as Thiqa News Agency and JisirTV, both reported that explosive barrel bombs were used in the airstrike. Qasioun News Agency reported that “Regime warplanes attack Hraytan with heavy machine guns in breach of the ceasefire”. Barq-media reported the use of cluster bombs.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes
Reports of the incident mention the town of Hraytan (حريتان), for which the generic coordinates are: 36.287032, 37.08332. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.
Summary
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The exact moments an alleged Russian and Syrian regime raid hit Hryatan on 5th July 2016. (via Al Jazeera)
Unknown Assessment:
Original strike reports
Russia has not reported any strikes between July 1st – 14th 2016.