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(Previous Incident Codes: R2043RS2181)
Two civilians were wounded in air raids in Al-Hamidiya in the southern Idlib Governorate, local media reported.
The Smart News Agency blamed Russia, reporting: “Two more civilians were injured following Russian raids on al Hamdidiya near maarat al numan [45 km south of idlib] according to the civil defence Facebook site.”
The other sources didn’t identify the warplanes responsible for the attack.
This event was part of a larger series of strikes on Idlib, according to sources. The Smart News Agency reported that “more than 53 civilians were killed and wounded on Thursday [April 27th] after air strikes on several villages and towns south of Idlib, north of Syria”.
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Reports of the incident mention the village of al Hamidiya, near Maarat al Numan (معرة النعمانالحامدية), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.614779, 36.657085. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.